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| 1st Regiment Maui Volunteers | |
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| File:F1-5 coat of arms.jpg | |
| Active | March 1942 — June 1945 |
| Disbanded | June 1945 |
| Country | United States of America |
| Allegiance | Territory of Hawaii |
| Type | State Defense Force, Cavalry |
| Role | Reserve Force
Sentry Patrol Guide |
| Size | 78 Officers and 1,800 personal (1942) |
| Nickname(s) | “The Mounties” (Cavalry Unit) |
| Equipment | M1903 Springfield
Colt M1911 Browning M1917 Machine Gun Bolo Knife/Bayonet |
| Commanders | |
| Commanding Officer | Colonel Elwell Percy Lydgate |
| Notable commanders | Lt. Colonel John T. Moir
Lt. Colonel E. Stanley Elmore Lt. Colonel Edward B. Hair Captain Robert von Tempsky |
The Maui Volunteers, also known as the 1st Regiment Maui Volunteers, was a civilian militia that was tasked with defending the Hawaiian island of Maui from a possible Japanese invasion during the Second World War. The unit was one of ten militia regiments that made up the Hawaii Territorial Guard, which was formed in response to the Pearl Harbor Attack. The unit consisted of local Hawaiians, Whites, Ethnic Chinese, Koreans, and Filipinos, the latter of which was the majority.[1] Most of the men came from working on the many sugar and pineapple plantations, as well as cattle ranches.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "Remembering Maui's Filipino Veterans". Fil-Am Voice. 2022-10-23. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
- ^ "Remembering Maui's Filipino Veterans". Fil-Am Voice. 2022-10-23. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
- Dye, Bob. “Hawaii’s Organized Defense Volunteers/First Regiment Maui Volunteers.” Hawai’i Chronicles III: World War Two in Hawai’i, from the Pages of Paradise of the Pacific, University of Hawai’i Press, Honolulu, 2000, pp. 293–294. https://books.google.com/books/about/Hawaii_Chronicles_III.html?id=HEa6xBBAXrkC
- Evangelista, Alfredo G. “Remembering Maui’s Filipino Veterans.” FilAmVoice.Com, 23 Oct. 2022, https://filamvoicemaui.com/remembering-mauis-filipino-veterans/.
- Graff, Cory. “The Second Pearl Harbor Attack: The National WWII Museum: New Orleans.” The National WWII Museum | New Orleans, The National World War II Museum, 6 Nov. 2021, www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/second-pearl-harbor-attack-1942.
- Uechi, Colleen. “In Wake of Pearl Harbor, Maui Braced for an Attack.” The Maui News, 7 Dec. 2019, https://www.mauinews.com/news/local-news/2019/12/in-wake-of-pearl-harbor-maui-braced-for-an-attack/. Accessed 27 Oct. 2023.