11-037 Garand Picture of the Day-Philippines 1945
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Troops in action in the field during battle for the Philippines.
Location: Luzon, Philippines
Date taken: 1945
Photographer: Carl Mydans
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Troops in action in the field during battle for the Philippines.
Location: Luzon, Philippines
Date taken: 1945
Photographer: Carl Mydans
The assault on Luzon was launched, as planned, on 9 January 1945, codenamed S-day. The Japanese forces reported more than 70 Allied warships entering the Lingayen Gulf. Pre-assault bombardment of Japanese shore positions from these ships began at 07:00h. The landings were commenced an hour later. The landing forces faced strong opposition from Japanese kamikaze aircraft. USS Ommaney Bay was destroyed by a kamikaze attack, while a destroyer and several other warships were also sunk Aircraft from the US Third Fleet assisted the landings with close air support, strafing and bombing Japanese gun positions.
The landings at the Lingayen Gulf on 9 January were carried out by the US Sixth Army under the command of General Walter Krueger. Approximately 175,000 troops from the Sixth Army landed along the twenty-mile beachhead within a few days, while the I Corps protected their flanks. XIV Corps under General Oscar Griswold then advanced south towards Manila, despite Krueger's concerns that his eastern flank was unprotected and vulnerable if the Japanese forces attacked. However, no such attack occurred, and the US forces did not meet much resistance until they reached the Clark Air Base on 23 January. The battle there lasted until the end of January, and after capturing the base, XIV Corps advanced towards Manila
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