This is the order of battle of Allied and Japanese forces during the Landing at Saidor in 1944.
The Allied Task Force MICHAELMAS consisted of:
126th Infantry Regimental Combat Team126th Infantry Regiment120th Field Artillery BattalionCompany A, 114th Engineer BattalionCompany C and 1st Platoon of Company B, 632nd Tank Destroyer BattalionCompany A and a platoon of Company D, 107th Medical BattalionDetachment of 32nd Quartermaster CompanyDetachment of 732nd Ordnance CompanyDetachment of Military Police Platoon, 32nd Infantry DivisionHeadquarters and Headquarters Battery, 191st Field Artillery GroupBatteries B and D, 209th Coast Artillery Battalion (Automatic Weapons)Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, and Batteries A and D, 743rd Coast Artillery Battalion (Gun) (Anti Aircraft)Detachment, 8th Engineer Survey SquadronShore Battalion, 542nd Engineer Boat and Shore RegimentCompany B, 542nd Engineer Boat and Shore RegimentDetachment, 93rd Chemical Composite Company5th Portable Surgical Hospital23rd Field HospitalOne section of Company C, 543rd Quartermaster Service BattalionOne section of 2nd Platoon, 601st Graves Registration CompanyDetachment, 32nd Signal CompanyCompany C, 262nd Medical Supply BattalionDetachment, Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit (Australian Army)2nd Combat Assignment Unit (Photo)121st Field Artillery Battalion27th Medical Supply Platoon (Aviation)Company C (collecting), 135th Medical Regiment1st Platoon, 670th Clearing Company808th Engineer Aviation BattalionBattery A, less one platoon, 236th Anti Aircraft Artillery Searchlight Battalion3rd Platoon, 453rd Engineer Depot Company21st Ordnance Company, plus attachmentsDetachment of Company A, 60th Signal Battalion863rd Engineer Aviation BattalionOne platoon of 189th Gasoline Supply Company5th Malaria Survey Unit,15th Malaria Control UnitThe following were attached to the Task Force:
10th Air Liaison Party (USAAF)Naval Beach party (USN)Detachment, 15th Weather Squadron (USAAF)Detachment, 21st Fighter Sub Sector (USAAF)Assault Echelon, Company B, 583rd Signal Aircraft Warning Battalion (USAAF)Radar Repair Team, B-12 (USAAF)The following were later assigned:
860th Engineer Aviation Battalion (less Companies B and C and HQ and Survey Company)1st and 3rd Battalion Combat Teams, 128th Infantry Regimental Combat Team18th Portable Surgical Hospital,The Japanese forces engaged in the area consisted of:
20th Division79th Infantry Regiment80th Infantry Regiment20th Engineer Regiment20th Transport Regiment26th Field Artillery Regiment (2nd and 3rd Battalions)Field Hospital51st Division61st Infantry Regiment85th Convoy Group (Naval)5th Shipping Engineer Regiment8th Shipping Engineer Regiment33rd Engineer RegimentIndependent Mortar battalion41st Division238th Infantry Regiment
