Landing at Saidor order of battle explained
This is the order of battle of Allied and Japanese forces during the Landing at Saidor in 1944.
Allied forces
The Allied Task Force MICHAELMAS consisted of:[1]
- 126th Infantry Regimental Combat Team (under Brigadier general Clarence A. Martin; Colonel Joseph S. Bradley as Chief of Staff)
- 126th Infantry Regiment
- 120th Field Artillery Battalion
- Company A, 114th Engineer Battalion
- Company C and 1st Platoon of Company B, 632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
- Company A and a platoon of Company D, 107th Medical Battalion
- Detachment of 32nd Quartermaster Company
- Detachment of 732nd Ordnance Company
- Detachment of Military Police Platoon, 32nd Infantry Division
- Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 191st Field Artillery Group
- Batteries B and D, 209th Coast Artillery Battalion (Automatic Weapons)
- Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, and Batteries A and D, 743rd Coast Artillery Battalion (Gun) (Anti Aircraft)
- Detachment, 8th Engineer Survey Squadron
- Shore Battalion, 542nd Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment
- Company B, 542nd Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment
- Detachment, 93rd Chemical Composite Company
- 5th Portable Surgical Hospital
- 23rd Field Hospital
- One section of Company C, 543rd Quartermaster Service Battalion
- One section of 2nd Platoon, 601st Graves Registration Company
- Detachment, 32nd Signal Company
- Company C, 262nd Medical Supply Battalion
- Detachment, Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit (Australian Army)
- 2nd Combat Assignment Unit (Photo)
- 121st Field Artillery Battalion
- 27th Medical Supply Platoon (Aviation)
- Company C (collecting), 135th Medical Regiment
- 1st Platoon, 670th Clearing Company
- 808th Engineer Aviation Battalion
- Battery A, less one platoon, 236th Anti Aircraft Artillery Searchlight Battalion
- 3rd Platoon, 453rd Engineer Depot Company
- 21st Ordnance Company, plus attachments
- Detachment of Company A, 60th Signal Battalion
- 863rd Engineer Aviation Battalion
- One platoon of 189th Gasoline Supply Company
- 5th Malaria Survey Unit,
- 15th Malaria Control Unit
The following were attached to the Task Force:
- 10th Air Liaison Party (USAAF)
- Naval Beach party (USN)
- Detachment, 15th Weather Squadron (USAAF)
- Detachment, 21st Fighter Sub Sector (USAAF)
- Assault Echelon, Company B, 583rd Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion (USAAF)
- Radar Repair Team, B-12 (USAAF)
The following were later assigned:
- 860th Engineer Aviation Battalion (less Companies B and C and HQ and Survey Company)
- 1st and 3rd Battalion Combat Teams, 128th Infantry Regimental Combat Team
- 18th Portable Surgical Hospital,
Japanese forces
The Japanese forces engaged in the area consisted of:[2]
- 20th Division
- 51st Division
- 61st Infantry Regiment
- 85th Convoy Group (Naval)
- 5th Shipping Engineer Regiment
- 8th Shipping Engineer Regiment
- 33rd Engineer Regiment
- Independent Mortar battalion
- 41st Division
Notes and References
- Report of MICHAELMAS Operation, pp. 2-3
- Report of MICHAELMAS Operation, p. 15
