149th Armored Regiment
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The 149th Armored Regiment was an armored regiment that was part of the California Army National Guard. Its lineage dates back to a cavalry unit organized in 1895 in Salinas. As Troop C, the unit's fi
A camp in Golden Gate Park under military control in 1906
Withdrawal in Southern Luzon, the Philippines in December 1941
Painting depicting Staff Sergeant Morello's M3 Stuart, smashing into a roadblock and an Imperial Japanese Army anti-tank gun that was behind it.
Picture was taken of an open city sign in front of Manila's city hall on 26 December 1941.
United States Armed Forces Far East was a military formation of the United States Army active from 1941 to 1946. The new command's headquarters was created on 26 July 1941, at No. 1, Calle Victoria, M
149th Armored Regiment
…Due to this action, the unit became the first California National Guard unit to see combat. Initially, General Douglas MacArthur was confident that the United States Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE) would be able to defend the entire archipelago under war plan Rainbow Five. Detached from the rest of the battalion on 12 December, Company C…
Lt. Gen. Douglas MacArthur conducts a ceremony formally inducting the Philippine Army Air Corps into United States Army Forces in the Far East at Camp Murphy, Rizal on 15 August 1941. Behind MacArthur, from left to right, are: Lt. Col. Richard K. Sutherland, Col. Harold H. George, Lt. Col William F. Marquat, and Maj. LeGrande A. Diller.
Philippine Scouts being trained at Fort William McKinley on a 37 mm (M3) anti-tank gun.
December 1941. The 26th Cavalry Regiment of the Philippine Scouts moves past a M3 Stuart tank, into Pozorrubio, in an attempt to repel Japanese forces.
General MacArthur and Lieutenant General Richard K. Sutherland in Malinta Tunnel, March 1942