North Luzon Force

M1917 Enfield Bolt Action Rifles M1903 Springfield .30 Caliber Bolt Action M1 Garand Rifles M1928 Thompson Submachineguns M1918 155mm Howitzers Canon de 155mm QF2.95inch Mountain Guns M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzers M1918 Browning Automatic Rifles M1911 Colt .45 Pistols M1917 Browning .30 Caliber Machineguns M2 Browning .50 Caliber Heavy Machineguns P35 Seversky The North Luzon Force was a corps-sized grouping of the U.S.-sponsored Philippine Army, defeated in battle against the Japanese in 1941–42.

Edward P. King Jr was selected as commander established his headquarters in Fort Stoltenberg in Angeles, Pampanga.

Mateo Capinpin a native filipino army officer, 31st Infantry Division under Col (Later BGen.)

[1] War came in the Philippines on December 8, 1941, when Japanese bombed Clark Air Fields and other military facilities with warning.

The equipment dated to the First World War, and the majority of the trainees has not fired a rifle due to lack of training facilities and ammunition.

26th US Cavalry and 94th Tank Battalion are posted at Fort Stoltenberg and Clark Air Fields in Pampanga to prevent airborne landings.

As a result General Wainwright deployed his reserve force 71st Division of BGen Selleck along with the 26th US Cavalry Regiment of Colonel Pierce at Rosario to prevent them from going to Baguio the summer Capital of the Philippines.

To prevent further annihilation of his battered and hungry troops, plus no more ammunition left General King surrendered his Luzon Force on May 9, 1942 to Japanese.