105th Infantry Regiment (PA)

105th Infantry Regiment (PA) Moro Bolo February 1942 – May 1942 May 1942 Philippines United States Armyborder|25px Philippine Commonwealth Army Army Light Infantry Special Troops 500 101st Infantry Division Aroman, Kabacan, Cotabato Cantonment M1917 Enfield RiflesBoloBarongKampilan Battle of DigosBattle of Midsayap Captain Paul Schultz 105th Infantry Regiment was a unit of special troops activated and organized by 101st Infantry Division during Japanese invasion of Mindanao island. Irregular soldiers from Moros and local volunteers where trained and put into one unit. During Japanese invasion of Mindanao in Cotabato-Davao Sector.Catalan Primitivo A Brief History of 101st Infantry Division, Philippine Army, August 1941 – May 12, 1942 Cintoner Printing Press 1976 1st Quezon City, Philippines May 1, 1976 1 to 63 Philippine Commonwealth Army Infantry Regiments 104th Infantry Regiment (PA) 106th Infantry Regiment (PA) Background At the start of Japanese campaign in Davao province in Digos Sector in December 1941, local volunteers and Moros who wanted to fight was group and deployed in the area and making raids to Japanese warehouses in Padada. Due to Moros fighting ability in jungle they are resorted to ambuscades and raids, scaring Japanese and opted not to get into the jungle and stayed at the highway.Tarkington Hiram There Were Others 168–172 1st Battalion was ordered to joined the attack in Digos Sector under Colonel Reed Graves in February 1942, it was routed as they were not trained on the conventional warfare.Morton Louis The fall of the Philippines June 26, 1953 US Government Printing Press 1st Washington, D.C June 26, 1953 516–518 See also 101st Infantry Division 101st Infantry Regiment 102nd Infantry Regiment 101st Field Artillery Regiment References External links There were others, Unpublished Papers of Colonel Hiram Tarkington, CO 61st Field Artillery A brief History of 101st Infantry Division, Philippine Army Category:Military units and formations established in 1942 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1942 Category:Military units and formations of the Philippine Army in World War II Category:Irregular units and formations