81st Division (Philippines)


The 81st Infantry Division was a division of the Philippine Army under the United States Army Forces in the Far East. It was established in the prewar period and fought 1941-1942.

Organization

It was active from 1941 to 10 May 1942, whereupon it surrendered after Corregidor fell. It was active in Mindanao. Colonel Guy O. Fort was the division's commander, and was later tortured and executed by the Japanese, apparently because he would not comply with their frustrated attempts to use him for propaganda in Mindanao.

Combat Narrative

After the Japanese invasion of the Philippines in December 1941, it formed part of Visayan-Mindanao Force under Brigadier General William F. Sharp, HQ originally at Cebu City.