The paper is interesting. USAFFE (United States Army Forces in the Far East) was in the Phillipines. The 132nd Infantry Regiment was detached on 14 January 1942. On 21 February 1942 the division was re-designated the 33rd Infantry Division. The division formed part of the occupation forces of the Japanese home islands and was inactivated there on 28 February 1946.
Wonder why its still listed the 132nd on the paper when it was re-designated the 33rd in 1942? There was no HHC 132nd when the paper was signed/dated.
The division served in the south Pacific, fighting in New Guinea and in the Philippines. In 1944/1945 the division contained:
123rd Infantry Regiment
130th Infantry Regiment
136th Infantry Regiment
HHB Division Artillery
122nd Field Artillery Battalion (105mm)
123rd Field Artillery Battalion (155mm)
124th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm)
210th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm)
33rd Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized
108th Engineer Combat Battalion
108th Medical Battalion
33rd Counter-Intelligence Corps Detachment
Headquarters Special Troops
Headquarters Company, 33rd Division
33rd Military Police Platoon
733rd Ordnance Light Maintenance Company
33rd Quartermaster Company
33rd Signal Company
33rd Band
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