12th Quartermaster Regiment (United States)
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The 12th Quartermaster Regiment was a regiment
of the United States
which was charged with quartermaster
duties such as supplying all necessary ordnance, food, clothing, and supplies to the Philippine Division. Their colors were the only ones saved--entrusted to one of the "Angels of Bataan
" who tricked a captor into thinking they were a cape and saved them through more than three years of internment--after the Division was forced to surrender after the invasion of the Philippines by the Japanese forces
during World War II
.
Regiment
A regiment is a major tactical military unit, composed of variable numbers of batteries, squadrons or battalions, commanded by a colonel or lieutenant colonel...
of the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
which was charged with quartermaster
Quartermaster
Quartermaster refers to two different military occupations depending on if the assigned unit is land based or naval.In land armies, especially US units, it is a term referring to either an individual soldier or a unit who specializes in distributing supplies and provisions to troops. The senior...
duties such as supplying all necessary ordnance, food, clothing, and supplies to the Philippine Division. Their colors were the only ones saved--entrusted to one of the "Angels of Bataan
Angels of Bataan
The Angels of Bataan were the members of the United States Army Nurse Corps and the United States Navy Nurse Corps who were stationed in the Philippines at the outset of the Pacific War and served during the Battle of the Philippines...
" who tricked a captor into thinking they were a cape and saved them through more than three years of internment--after the Division was forced to surrender after the invasion of the Philippines by the Japanese forces
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
.