93rd Infantry Regiment (PA)

93rd Infantry Regiment (Philippines)
Active1941 - 1942
DisbandedMay 1942
Country Philippines
Allegiance United States Army
Philippine Commonwealth Army
BranchInfantry
TypeLight Infantry
RoleReserve Infantry
Size1,500
Part ofReserve Brigade, Mindanao Force

Agusan Sector
Samar Brigade

91st Division (Philippines)
Garrison/HQCamp Downes, Leyte
EquipmentM1917 Enfield Bolt Action Rifles
M1917 Browning Machineguns
EngagementsBattle of Mangiman Canyon
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Major John Goldstrap, USA
Lieutenant Colonel Ben-Hur Chastaine
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93rd Infantry Regiment is a unit of 91st Infantry Division of Philippine Army activated in 1941. It was not organized until late of 1941. So it was left in Leyte island while the rest of the division was transferred to Luzon island to bolster its defense. It fought in Mindanao island where it was ordered to surrender and became POWs.