Dagupan
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Dagupan, officially the City of Dagupan, is a 1st class independent component city in the Ilocos Region, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 174,302 people.
Image: By Jdcedit Overlooking Arellano Street Dagupan CBD
Image: Dagupan Pangasinan 1
Image: Dagupan Church facade
Image: Dagupan 344
Invasion of Lingayen Gulf
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The Invasion of Lingayen Gulf, 6–9 January 1945, was an Allied amphibious operation in the Philippines during World War II. In the early morning of 6 January 1945, a large Allied force commanded by Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf began approaching the shores of Lingayen from Lingayen Gulf, on the island of Luzon. U.S. Navy and Royal Australian Navy warships began bombarding suspected Japanese positions along the coast of Lingayen from their position in Lingayen Gulf for three days. On "S-Day", 9 January, the U.S. 6th Army landed on a roughly 25 mi (40 km) beachhead at the base of the Gulf between the towns of Lingayen and San Fabian.
The U.S. Navy battleship USS Pennsylvania leading the battleship USS Colorado and the heavy cruiser USS Louisville to the shores of Lingayen.
Japanese landings on Lingayen Gulf, 22 Dec 1941
Landing areas for assault forces on Lingayen Gulf, West to East Port Saul, Lingayen Airport, San Fabian, XIV force West, I Corps East
General Douglas MacArthur landing at "Blue Beach," Dagupan, Lingayen Gulf, 1945