Landing at Saidor order of battle facts for kids

US forces landing at Saidor, 7 January 1944

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:

• 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

Saidor Operation, January 1944.

The Japanese forces engaged in the area consisted of:

• 20th Division
  • 79th Infantry Regiment
  • 80th Infantry Regiment
  • 20th Engineer Regiment
  • 20th Transport Regiment
  • 26th Field Artillery Regiment (2nd and 3rd Battalions)
  • Field Hospital
• 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
  • 238th Infantry Regiment