Lingayen Gulf
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Lingayen Gulf is a large gulf on northwestern Luzon in the Philippines, stretching 56 km. It is framed by the provinces of Pangasinan and La Union and sits between the Zambales Mountains and the Cordi
Lingayen Gulf at San Fabian, Pangasinan, with the Cordillera Central mountains in the background.
Hundred Islands National Park
Lingayen Gulf landings and Japanese advance, 22–24 December 1941
World War II Memorial Ground Site, Town Park & Capitol Grounds (Lingayen, Pangasinan).
Invasion of Lingayen Gulf
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The Invasion of Lingayen Gulf, 3–13 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 A
Lingayen Gulf
…issued the order to retreat from Luzon and withdraw to Bataan. For the next three years, the gulf remained under Japanese occupation prior to the Lingayen Gulf landings. At 09:30 on 9 January 1945, the U.S. 6th Army conducted an amphibious landing on the gulf, following a devastating naval bombardment, with 68,000…
The U.S. Navy battleship USS Pennsylvania leading the battleship USS Colorado and the heavy cruiser USS Louisville to the shores of Lingayen.
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