12th Quartermaster Regiment

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 (United States)|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 Battle of [the Philippines (1941–42)|invasion of the Philippines] by the Japanese forces during World [War II].