May idea po ba kayo kung sang part ng BAUANG nagLAND ang mga JAPANESE noong WWII. tnx Kailian During World War II, the Lingayen Gulf proved a strategically important theater of war between American and Japanese forces. On 22 December 1941, the Japanese 14th Army—under Lieutenant General Masaharu Homma—landed on the Eastern part of the gulf at Agoo, Caba, Santiago and Bauang, where they engaged in a number of relatively minor skirmishes[1] with the defenders, which consisted of a poorly-equipped contingent of predominantly American and Filipino troops, and managed to successfully invade and occupy the gulf. Following the defeat, the next day General Douglas MacArthur 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. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Lingayen_Gulf#cite_note-1
Posted on: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 03:30:40 +0000