After Action Report, 37th Infantry Divison, 11 June 1945

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-.I CRET HQ 37TH IlfFANTkY DIVISlvN~ u t n . ' e G ~ ~ h Div 0 1 . 1 ~ . 2 ) tDLUN, ~ . I .:11t. cf:i 2200 11 June 1945-"tea 11 JUlie5 ! /; -i i~ E I D ORDER ) ( ,, .41 )

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aT 20 revert . to 6th Int Div ooolI 12 JUDe 1945.6th Int Div .eoures Hwy 5 to BAYui4BvNG ( lnol) by lalOl12 June 1945.403d Gueril la Sqn n.ow Atoh4 20th 1ft!' revert . to 31th IntD1 v Cfl 01.11.2. a. 31th Int DiT.

(1)(2) Ad:v E; and N on Hwy 5, . e1le . and .eoure. ECBAGUE.Seoures 'Hwy 4. to LAM tJT R. Hwy 5 in Z t actlon. b. Bo'mdarios I(1)(2)(3)

B.r:ai 145 Int.:Rr Bd l29 Int .Rr ai 148 In t .Creek (16.4- 09.4) (Ezol) 08001 12 .J'\I.D8.E . . Wgrid l ine 96 (l!:tf 18001 12 June).RJ (1.2.2 - 06.3).

o. Troops,- (1) CombatJ 31th Int DivCT 20 (unti l 00011 12 June)Btry A t C168th FA lb (155 G)Btry B 46Sth FA l (8" B)2518t FA l289th Sound ~ l a tBtry A 1618t AM Gun lb (9Qnm)Plat, Btry D, 209tn AAA .AW)Co B631th TD lb (li-16)775th Tk Bn. Co. B&: C3d .t'lat, Co D ,RqCo C85th Chl lb Det224'Sup,",ort Air .t'arty7th Ai'I" GroUDd LiaiS CIl Team 2 9 ~ JASCO)Gueril la Foroe Able, Buena Vilta Regt, 4034 Gueril la SqnMi.oGueril la Det.(2) B e i v 1 ~ e . 101lth Hvy Boat 002634 Canl 8v Plat6lat Pfibl Sure liOllp

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3. , ~ . l29 Int. " .(1) Be"cure Hwy 5 to RJ (12.2 - 06.3) and. Hlry 4 to UkUT R,blooking hOllt1le a""nu.. ot a ~ p r o a o h tran the Y. and I .(2) Protect lupply"and medioal lnnal la t lona in Z of acR1oa.' ( ~ ) "ReUeve l i t 148 In t NB.tGABAO by 18001 12 June. '


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, .HQ 37TH INFANTRY DIVISION(01.7-94.2) LUZON, P ~11 June 1945

OPDATIONS 140(0 )HO . . . 17 )To acoompany O 41.

QmanlJat lon for Combat1 . 129th tnt

Atoh4: one Plat Co C 85th Cml Bn (now atoM14B Int)Two 1 -168 Btl ) D 209th AAA (A.) Bn(N'o. atehd 148 Int)Gueril la 'Force Able - ) .

2. 14fth Int :Atoh4: 37th CAY Ren f r (on cal l )Plat Btl ) D ~ t AAA AW) an (- 2 M-16s)Two PJ,llts Co 0 95th emi anCo C 775 t:n lk anDet 22d SAP . /half- t rack t 3?th Ren Tr.Co B 837th TO nProv l55mm mortar Pla t

3. 148th ln t :Atehd: Buena Vlsta Regt

4. Div Arty:Atehd: 289th Sound Pla.t

5. Sth FA an:,ltohcl: Bt1'1 S 48lth fA an ,Btr) A iS le t AAA Gun an

6. 37th C8V Ben Tr:Atehd: 3d Plat Co D 775th Tk Bn.

7. 22d Support A1r Party:tchd: 7tO Alr Ground Lia1son Team.

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(1) Wt l i t i n " ' R e l ~ AdV N 2? June 1945 on Hw:' passing. 1.t: " , . ~ t h lI\t POht- CT: to AP.4 ~ ,"'" - ~ ; u r e_ .. ~ ' life'l. tweA p l t t ~ e ' . ' . E on Hwy 3 thru I. JNZAGA, * ~ , o I 8 C A R P A D A ~ P O I N T , s e ~ r c h l n g out and, aU ..en_ in the ooastal ~ r e a generally1 ~ " P : r e p a l " e d on, D1v 0 to moTe S along~ lo.lt :} ., . 'i s..... ,, ' ,(2) "flUl"e D R f ro . CAGAYAlf R brldge S t 'l'UGUEGARAO'. ~ ' : , ..... (I :xol) to PARE' ' R (Inol). ExtendN to GATTARAN cr.ee J.e 1 ~ " " rel1evl'ng Elms 1st Bn 511 Inf Poht C'I, ~ : ~ , ~ 1 : e f t a 'N toAPAlW (lno1) by 18001 29

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,(1) Seoure I ISRtrom PAREr R (Excl) to APARRI . ; ~ } .. ~ t . l 'figdrbus1y to OAGAYAN R on the W and t o the , , toot-h111a on the E 1n z/A, searoh1ng out and de-

j: >1' , - , '1 . 'stroy1ng a l l enemy encountered.(3) Assemble 1n the APARRI area as rel le.ed by 129 Inf. " ;

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( l ~ 135thFA Bn, DIs 145 Inf .\ :lS l:40th 'A Ina DIs 148 Int .' ; . 36th ,.1 Bn : DIs 129 Int ., ',4 , OtherSt lIs.

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5 . 1) All units wl11malntaln 24 hr watoh on D V ~ m d Net.2) Stafr ComdNet opens 0700I, closca 20001 daily.b. CPa: D\v: 67.8 - 31.5) opens 12001 27 Junp, 1945. others: To be reported,

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~ I Q ' i ~- r l ~ l t h : C::a.7th Iiiv HQ. 37TH IlJIi'.!,NTRY DIVISIOnIn1 t : 0/ UI8 (67.5-31.5)Date: 29 June 1945 18001 29 June 1945 /FIIDJ) OHDER ).NO 44 )Mt?S: i)MS 1:250 ,000, Luzon, P I1 . la. (1) Current summaries.(2) ~ ~ n n e x 1, Intell igence .

Eighth i.rm.y relieves Sixth 1,rJ{ly of combat respons i bi l i tyand othc.'r duties on LUZOH effect ive OOOlI 1 July 1945.ArV Corpd assumes combat responsibil i ty for LUZON Islandeffect ive 00011 1 July 1945; conducts offensive operations in Nort.hern LUZON in dirtion of B l ~ L B r f i - , PllSS -Ai?i,RRI, destroys enemy in and establishes control ofC..'.GJIYMJ V l ~ L L B Y .(3) 6th 'Inf Div rel ieves 37th Inf Div H to new Bd cOnYlencing1 July 1945; secures C ~ \ G . i . Y L U Vi,LLEY and Hwy 5 in Z;. t ~ d v N v'f on Hwy 4; maintains contact 37th Inf Div.(4) PGFlJL (Volckmann) occupies area Wof .3?th Inf Div Z ofaction.

2. ~ . 37th Inf Div Reinf:(1) Retains responsibil i ty for area to be occupied by 6th InfDiv and for which 37th Inf Div waD heretofore responsible, wlt i l the las t elenent of 37th Inf Div has beenrelieved.(2) Secures j j P ~ R R I ; l\dv E, seizes and secures GONZi;GJj; reconnoi ters aggressively tovJards SilN VICENTE.(3) 3ecures TUGtJ-LGJ.R.iiO; reconnoi ters mn.:rrrn and PilRRET Rvalleys, attacking and destroying a l l host i le forcesencountered.(4) Secures IIwy 5 in Z of action.(5) Dentroys bypassed enemy Lroups.(5) ?rotects port and base fac i l i t ies in . l ~ ? j I R R I and Vic,assist ing in establishment of such supply instal lat ionsas oay be necessary.

~ . Annex 2, Opus overlay.~ . Troops (Combat):

(1) 37th Inf Div11th Inf Regt ?1. (- 1 Bn)1st Bn l ~ t h Inf Regt 2A403d Guerilla SqdnCo C 775tll Tk EnCo C85th Cr:il Mortar Bn251st F.l1 BnBtry C l68th Fn BnBtry D209th jU l (j,V/) Bn1st 1; Btry C 209th w s 1 ~ \ I ) Bn


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(4) F o l l o w i n ~ units detached upon ueparture c o ~ ~ e n c i n g 30June 1945:1st En 51lthPcht Inf Bn CTConnoly Force.

3. ~ . l29th Inf : iltchd: 1st ?la t Btry 0 209th Aiw JM) Bn3d .2lat Co C 8 ~ t h CI!ll Hortor Bn11th Inf Regt ?A 2 Bns)1 ?lnt Co C ??cth Tk Bn1 ~ l a t Co B 632d TD Bn

(1) Retain responsibi l i ty in that portion of Z of actionwhich wil l be occupied by 145th Inf unt i l the las telement 2 ~ Inf has been relieved. (2) Secure Hwy 5 in Z.(3) Secure .i.?,tIRRI, end such base and supply instal lat ionsas may be designated b.:r this lIq.(4) Un 1 July 1945 Adv E on H ~ y 3 , seize and secure G O N Z L G . l ~ ,patrol E in d i r ~ c t i o n of Slllf VIC:mTE.(5) ra t rol acgressively to flanks, destroying a l l enemyencountered and freeing entire C.tiGAYAN Vl,LLEY in Zfron enemy forces.(6) Establish and maintain contact with ?GFNL (Volckmann)b. l45th Inf :

l\tchd: 1s t 21at btry D 209th 11;'.1 ~ W ) Bn.2d ?la t Co G 85 th Gml l ~ o r t a r Bn1 En 11th Inf Regt .21\Co C ?75th Tk Bn (- 2 Plats) Co B 632d V Bn (- 2 ?lats)

Retain responsibi l ity in that p o ~ t i o n of present Z ofaction which wil l be ,occupied by 6th Inf Div unt i l the las t elenent of l45th Inf has been relieved. (2 ) Concurrentlywith re l ief by 6th Inf Div, occupy new Z ofaction co,mrnencing at the SouthernBd, relieving ele ..ments of 129 Inf~ a t r o l aggressively to flanks and par t icular ly in the:t).AHRET and mnl!IN R valleys, searching out and destroy";ing a l l ene!11Y encountered and freeing the Cl\Gl,Y,t\NVl,LLb"Y in Z of act ion of a l l hosti le forces.(4) Secure Hwy 5 in Z of action. (5) Establish and I!l8intain contact with 129 Inf

.2,. 148th Inf : .II tchd: 2d ?la t Btry C 209th ju,.) (.i,W) En1st 21at Co G 85th Cml Mortar Bn403d Guerilla Sqdn1 ? la t Co C ?75th ,Tk En1 ?la t Co B 632d TD Bn

(1) Retain responsibi l i ty for sector in present Z of act}onwhich is to be occupied by 6th Inf Div unti l the las telements of l48th Inf have been relieved.


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dlUTH: CG) 37th In f Div: ; " ' t : l ' l ~ : 29 Ju.'1e 1945: INIT: 4/ 1 Z.,;.: ........................ :IrrsINTELLIGENCE A N ~ m xRq 37th Infantry DivisionT U G U E G : ' l . t ~ . O , CAGAYAN, P. I .29 June 1945

ANNEX N o ~ 1 iiO PO NOe 44Mapa: ... . . . . . . ~ ~ ~ ~ . ' K : ~ " ' P ? n T E j S J . J . ~ t R , l,25C,OaO ..1 . Summary of Er..elTf .i S ituE..ticn ..

See Appendix #1.2. Essential Elements of In1"ormation.

a. Looation, strength, dispositions; armament, defensive installations andidentifications of enemy forces in the Division Zone of Action:(1) In the SIERRA MADRE RANGE and foothills E of HWY 50(2) Along the MSRo(3) Along /ih flanks particularly in the CALLAO area and in the PARETand DUMMUN R V d l l e y s ~(4) Along HWY 3 E to SAN vmCENTE.

be Location of roads, trails and other routes of communication and criticalpoints thereon, into- and throughout the SIERRA rlADRE RANGE.o. Location, caliber and activity of e n e ~ arty.d. Location, movements, numbers and types of hostile mechanized forces andarmor I 'e. Condition of hiJ4hwws, trails, brid&es, streams and fords along IDlY 3 E to

SAN vmCENTE ana all connecting l'Oaa nets of . Any indications of further enemy dispersion or w i t h d r a w a l s t r e n g t h ~ armam e n ~ ~ vehicles, identifications and routes u s e d ~

3. Reconnaissance and ,)bservation Missions.a. Aviation.

(1) Reoonnaissance missions will be available upon request to G-2.b. GroUl\d.

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' ~ ~ . B ~e . All Jlf'U'tb p o l t H m ~ C ' U : v i t . t e o w i J l be reported immediately through inte l- .~ m 1 e : W e for ( . : 1 ~ d l i n g PWa, C 9 P ~ ' e . . ~ t e r ~a . See Seo III , sept, 7 Ncv 1944.

5. Mapa and Photographs.a . Seo ~ e c V, SOPI, 7 Nov 1944.b. Tho tact ical map, LUZCN .. 1:50. .000, AM:) 1, 1 ~ L 4 a... 1d subsequent editions isdesignated as tho off icial map.. fJ l repor:s w ~ , - l l 'be n:aue using the coordi. la.tes on the map"

6 -, C o u n t e : d . n t ~ l l i g a n c oaf) Passwords will be th:>se issued by Hq X V CQ:::OpS 9 These wi"h:l.. be distributedto Divisional units b r C of 5, G2 ob. See Sec rv, SOPI, 7 Nov 1944.

7. Reports.a. See See VI, SOPI, 7 Nov 1944.b:l Any enomy found doad and not proviously reported \1ill bo c ~ r i e d in the

total rlumber of counted dead as reported in the daiiy sueepup and the S-2Periodic Report of the same period. Those figures, however, vlill be shownin parenthesis immediately following the tota l of counted dead.The tota l numbor of enemy casualties reported in the daily sWQcpuP will bewill be tho sarno as those reported in the 5-2 Feriodic Report for the sameperiod & Any adjuotmonts will be made in the following daily s'V,eopup andPeriodic Report.Three catogorios will be usod in reporting enomy casualtios as follous:

Total e n e r r ~ casualties during the period of the report.Total enomy casualties from ooo:n, 1 July 1945 to t le close oftho poriod of the report c u m u l a t i v e ) ~Tho total enemy casualties infl icted on LUZON.All e n e ~ oasualties inflicted by guerillas operating knder control of USForces will be included in unit t o t a l s ~In r o p o r t i ~ e n o ~ PWs, the classification of army, navy, civilians attaohedto the arntY or naV, and enomy aliens will be l'ecorded for Japanese, Formosan, Koreans and others. . .. __w V 013

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: A u ~ ~ : CG 3 ? ~ h Inf Div :: DAr: : : 29 June 1945 ::IIUT: r :: L/ v- . 6 IAppendix #1 to .Annex #1 to FO #44

SUMMARY OF ENEMY SITUATION_ ._ _ a_...I. ENEMY ACTIVITY IN FORWARD AREAS

Patrolcontacts with s ~ a l l . e n e m y groups apparently fleeing east. ward into ~ h e : SIERRA ~ . D R E MTNS cansti tute the only enemy resistanceb e i n ~ e n Q o W 1 ~ e r e d in this Divislon-I s :sector.I I . ENEMY MOVEMENT. CONcENTRATIONS AND INSTALLATIONS

'l'he bulk of the enemy force !lOW in the Division sector appearspresently'to be located in the S I E P ~ A MADRE MTNS or alocg the t rai lsleading into i ts foothills. This force is estimated to have a . 's t r e ~ s t h o t 8,000 to 1 0 ~ O O O of whom approximately 3000 are combatand service troops of the lQ3d Division. The remaining 5-7000 are

~ s c e l l a n e o u s Army and Navy service troops..The combat efficiency of t h ~ service troops, highly heteroscncouslacking training and weapons, was always low. Before Blue 'occupationof theValley and the, defeat. and withdrawal of ,0rganizQd combat units,these service troops were useful to a limited extent as replacementsbut can be considered negligible now that they are disorganized andforced to concentrate their energies upon their existence and sincethere is no organized framework of combat troops to which they canadhere.Those elements of the 103d Div which have apparently w i t h d ~ a w ntowards the mountains atter limited contact with Blue forces'may haveretained, to some degree, their organization and weapons, and whilescarcely disposed to attack or capable of offensive action could conceivably orter'further resistance. Such likelihood, however, constantly diminishes as time passes and the problem of living and the ravages01 disease increase

. Below is an estimate of the force in the Division sector basedon la test available information: . s 80th Brig Hq .. - - . 150o.103d Dlv Tank Unit .. 50180th Ind Inf Bn .. - .. 700. . 175th Ind Inf Bn . . . . .. - .- - 300177thlnd Inf Bn - .. .. 700..;103d Div Arty Unit - .. 200l03d Div Engr Unit - .. .... 400.. ....


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The best evidence indicates that an al.most total evacuation of combattroops from the D U G O , 2 A T T . t / ) ~ B U G t ; E Y - A l ? A , t 1 t 1 : , I 8.: 'Gu took p l a ~ e southwardduring the month of May' and, the early portion of June. 80me servicetroops le f t in the area at that tim.e have pl'8sumably token this route., A t r a i l leading from GONZAGA southeastw[1l'd to J .B. M : : : L : . l ~ R BAY couldalso have been Llsed as a route of escape for these se!":ice troops.The second is the t ra i l following the DUM,:\.'IAN R VALLEY far into themountains. Numerous guerr i l la reports incHes te a hea \.7 use of thisroute, some troops reportedly traveling by raf t on the DUMMAN R. Awell used t ra i l leads eastward from the BAGG1'..O area following thePAHET R. Total. forces numbering approxime 3 ~ J 3 ha',re been reportedin the BAGGAO area moving eastward over this traiJ.n Guerri l la forcesreport the enemy organizing a defensive l in facing w8:.:;:'v:al'd from PIN..AC:PAC on the D8MlilAN R south to I:MiJRUNG on t:le PAR2 f R. The abi l i ty ofthe enemy to prepare such a "line" is highly conjo(}tllral. The las troute reported used by the enemy i s the t r a i l leading eastward fromPENABLANCA. Numerous civil ian and guerr i l la reports in.dicate the useof this t r a i l by a strong force believed to be composed chiefly of thel??th lIB.I I I . TERRAIN A,11) iNEATHER

a. Drainage - The area under consideration is drained axial ly bythe broad CAGAYPJI R, Six t r ibutar ies of importance run eastward tosources deep in tte'SIERRA ~ ~ R MTN RANGE. These are from N to S theDUMMAN; PARET, PIN}\NACUAN de TUGUEGARAO, PINANACUAN, PELIG, and PINANACUAN de TtnvIAUINI Rivers. The CHICO R forms the maj or branch draining the area to the W of the CAGAYAlJ R. This has i t s confluence withthe CAGAYAN R about 34 mil s S of the moutho The CAGAYAN R i s navigable to inter- is land vessels as far as LAL-LO, 12 miles upstream.. Vessels with a draft of 12' can t ravel up the River for about 75 miles ina l l seasons.

b ~ Ridge System - Rising to the W of the Valley formed by theCAGAYAN R are the CORDILERRA MTNS. This rugged range r ises to elevat ions of five to seven thousand feet . These mountains are covered toa large extent by ta l l grass with stands of pine forest . To the E ofthe Valley the SIERRA MADRE RANGE r ises to from three to four thousandfeet in elevation. These mountains are covered by a dense rain forest .The E coast i s a barren region with no coastal plain; the mountainsdropping shar,ly into the sea forming bare cl i f fs .c. Routes - The chief axial route through the Division's sector

is Hwy'#5, a two-lane gravel road most of the distance from T U 1 ~ U I N I toAPARRI. Two roads, Hwy #2 and Hwy /fll leave Hwy #5 leading generallywestward to their cObvergence at TAUO. Hwy #2 branches eastward fromTUGUEGARAO, crossing the CAGAYAN R by ferry at SOLANO. Hwy #11 leavesHWY, 5 n the vicinity of NASSIPING and runs southward through FAIREto i t s junction with Hwy #2. Generally paralleling Hwy #5, eight totwelve miles to the i s an inland t ra i l that leads through tho foothi l l s of the SIERRA Y.lADRE MTNS and forms and auxi l iary axial route forfoot troops onlYa This t ra i l was reportedly developed by the enomy ~ ocurb growing losses in troops and supplies by friendly air action alonfHwy #5. A total of 5 routes lead eastward from Hwy #5 within the Divis ion s sector. 'Ihe f i r s t and northermnost' of these i s Hwy #3 runningfrom APARRI' to GONZl.\.GA and PORT SAN VICENTE. The second i s the GATTARAN-CAPISSAYAN t ra i l which follows the DUMMAN R. The BAYBAYOG-BAGGAOt ra i l i s the third and has been reported to lead to the E coast . ' The
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2. Of defenc .ing fron pcsi 7 .'.cns j n c::r.r.::-:"\ I r ; . u ~ Z l; 'J'NS or i tsfoothil ls .3. Dispersal' into SIERRA M DRE MTNS or GsceIJe to E coast.4. Infi l t ra t ion attacks along MSR with pcss:.tlc employmentof tanks now concealed in wlknown locaticns.

The enemy now paying the penalty of defeat is o longer in positiolto choose the most advantageous of several available C8urses. He canscarsely even choose the least of several evils. Practically al l theevi l incidents of mili tary failure b,ave either overtak'Jn the enemy orwil l reach him in logical sequence .The f i rs t th:r3e capa'bili t ies l is ted above serve to trace the onlycourse l e f t availacle to the enemy as a military force. up to and including his complete disintegration. The f o u r t ~ capaoili ty is designe,to cover any effort by possible inf i l t ra t ion g:-oups to harass the MSRor to stage s u i ~ i d e attacks. o n s e ~ v a t i v e policy s t i l l requires ful lallowance for a f inal venomous back-lash of the type exemplified byFA bombardment of the Division Command Post on 24 June. ~ f h i l e noar t i l lery is believed l e f t to the onemy, concealed tanks are a poss ib i l i ty Small harassing expeditions and raids on the MSR may continue for a period.There is no cohesion f u ~ o n g or central control over the variousenemy groups. Some will run the gamut faster than others; some maytake one by one al l the steps on the way to oblivion, others may omita l l but the final one.

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After Action Report, 37th Infantry Divison, 11 June 1945