First Regiment Oahu Volunteer Infantry (Hawaii Scouts) Organized in January 1942 by a group of Honolulu business leaders. The training of the BMTC was under officers of several US Army Infantry Divisions as well as a boot camp run by
Edgar Rice Burroughs. The BMTC was assigned to night guard duty of important military installations.
First Regiment Hawaii Rifles In February 1942, a group of citizens in the
Hilo and
Puna areas organized a company of volunteers to assist in anti-sabotage and other actions against the enemy under Col. Andrew T. Spalding (a former commander of the
299th Infantry). The unit was assigned to patrol 22 miles of coastline.
Second Regiment Hawaii Rifles (Kohala Battalion) J. Scott Pratt submitted a plan for volunteers to defend
Kohala to the Army. It was approved and they began in February 1942. The second's mission was similar to the first regiment's and Pratt became its Colonel.
First Regiment Maui Volunteers In February 1942, Col. Charles Lyman organized a meeting of sugar and pineapple plantation managers to discuss forming a volunteer defense group. This included a cavalry unit called "The Mounties." In 1945, their commanding officer was Col. Elmore P. Lydgate.
Molokai-Lanai Volunteers In April 1942, L. Thornton Lyman helped organize four companies of infantry and a platoon of cavalry on the island of
Molokai. They assisted the Army with defense of the small island.
First Regiment Kauai Volunteers In March 1942, a group of volunteers were raised consisting of mainly Filipino about the size of a regiment. In July 1945, their commanding officer was Paul H. Townsley. ==See also==