Landing at Lingayen Gulf

On January 9, 1945 the Americans landed unopposed at Lingayen Gulf in Luzon. The Battle for Lingayen Gulf  commenced three days earlier on January 6, with a ferocious Allied bombardment of suspected Japanese positions along the coast by ships from the US Navy and Royal Australian Navy. Gen. Mac Arthur  and his forces  liberated Luzon on January 9, l945.

Documents show that the US Sixth Army  landed at Lingayen Gulf. Based on available maps, the landings took place on a 20-mile (32 kilometers) beachhead from Agno river in Lingayen all the way to Mabilao, San Fabian.

Troops quickly secured the coastline following the landing, pushing several miles inland over the following days. Lingayen Gulf would become a major supply depot for Allied forces for the remainder of the Pacific campaign.

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