Appendix F
Strength and Deployment of Japanese in the Southern Philippines

Palawan and Offshore Islets
  Army ground forces 600   Trained combat effectives
  Army air forces 900     Army 300
  Naval forces 250     Navy   50
  Noncombatant civilians   -----       350
    1,750        
 
Zamboanga Peninsula
  Army ground forces 4,600   Trained combat effectives
  Army air forces 800     Army 3,500
  Naval forces 3,500     Navy   1,000
  Noncombatant civilians   -----       4,500
    8,900        
 
Sulu Archipelago
  Army ground forces 2,400   Trained combat effectives
  Army air forces 1,150     Army 1,650
  Naval forces 350     Navy   50
  Noncombatant civilians   -----       1,700
    3,900        
 
Panay and Offshore Islets
  Army ground forces 2,235   Trained combat effectives
  Army air forces 175     Army 1,500
  Naval forces 25     Navy   -----
  Noncombatant civilians   400       1,500
    2,835        
 
Northwestern Negros Island
  Army ground forces 5,500   Trained combat effectives
  Army air forces 7,500     Army 4,000
  Naval forces 500     Navy   -----
  Noncombatant civilians   100       4,000
    13,600        
 

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Cebu Island
  Army ground forces 8,690   Trained combat effectives
  Army air forces 400     Army 2,250
  Naval forces 3,710     Navy   300
  Noncombatant civilians   1,700       2,550
    14,500        
 
Bohol Island
  Army ground forces 230   Trained combat effectives
  Army air forces 50     Army 180
  Naval forces 50     Navy   -----
  Noncombatant civilians   -----       180
    330        
 
Southeastern Negros Island
  Army ground forces 800   Trained combat effectives
  Army air forces 350     Army 500
  Naval forces 150     Navy   -----
  Noncombatant civilians   -----       500
    1,300        
 
Eastern Mindanao
  Army ground forces 28,775   Trained combat effectives
  Army air forces 8,050     Army 14,370
  Naval forces 6,465     Navy   500
  Noncombatant civilians   12,580       14,870
    55,850        
 
Totals
  Army ground forces 53,810   Trained combat effectives
  Army air forces 19,375     Army 28,250
  Naval forces   15,000     Navy   1,900
       Total military 88,185          Total 30,150
  Noncombatant civilians 14,780        
            Grand Total 102,965        

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