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The Military Advisor to the Commonwealth Government was US General MacArthur, who was assisted by Major Eisenhower and Major Ord; along with four officers from the Philippine Department, under Major General Holbrook ( 36- 38) and Major General Grunert ( 40Events January-February January 5 FM radio is demonstrated to the FCC for the first time. January 6 World War II: Mass execution of Poles, committed by Germans in the Poznan, Warthegau. January 12 World War II: Russia bombs cities in Finland. February 2 F- 411941 is also the title of a Steven Spielberg movie made in 1979 see 1941 (film). Events January January 6 Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms Speech in the State of the Union Address. January 10 Lend-Lease is introduced into the United St), as well as retired US NavyThe United States Navy USN is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. Navy consists of slightly fewer than 300 ships and over 4,000 operational aircraft. It has over a half million men and women on active or ready re officer Sidney L. Huff .
OMACG produced a plan calling for a gradual 10-year build up so that the Philippines would have small regular and reserve armies, an air force, and a fleet of torpedo boatA torpedo boat is a relatively small and fast naval ship designed to launch torpedoes at larger surface ships. They were created to counter the dreadnought and other large, slow and heavily armed ship by speed and agility. During the late 1800s, the devels (the Offshore PatrolThe Offshore Patrol Mosquito Fleet was a rudimentary navy, intended for inshore defenses only, called for by the Philippine National Assembly in its National Defense Act of 1935. This act called for the creation, by 1946, of a force of 36 torpedo boats (P). The tactical organization of this army was based on divisions of ~7,500 troops.
The office drew up defense plans for the islands of LuzonMap of the Philippines showing the island groups of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. Luzon refers to the largest and most important island in the Philippines and to one of the three island groups in the country, with Visayas and Mindanao being the other two., CebuCebu is an island province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region. Its capital is Cebu City and is composed of Cebu Island plus neighboring small islands. Cebu is one of the most developed provinces in the country. The metropolitan area, NegrosNegros is an island of the Philippines located in the Visayas. People on the island are called Negrense''. Politically and culturally, Negros is divided into two provinces: Negros Oriental in the Central Visayas region, and Negros Occidental, part of the, Panay, Leyte, Mindanao, Bohol, Mindoro, and many of the smaller islands. The plans included the establishment of seacoast defenses along the seven straits which give access to the inland waters of the Philippines.
These plans did not involve the use of US forces, but were intended for use by district military commanders of the army which was to be created under the National Defense Act.
The seacoast defenses, mentioned above, were to consist, naturally, of heavy coastal guns. These defenses were scheduled to be completed in April of 1942. The War Department, at some time or other, had sent 24 155mm gun s, without fire control equipment ). Later, while assigned to USAFFE, MacArthur asked for 4 12in , 4 8in , and 22 additional 155mm guns, as well as 30 searchlights. This request was received in December, too late.