After it was captured nearly three years earlier, the battle to retake the island of Luzon in the Philippines from Japanese forces began on January 9, 1945 with a naval bombardment followed by an amphibious landing.

  1. USS Pennsylvania and a battleship of Colorado class followed by three cruisers move in line into Lingayen Gulf preceding the landing on Luzon. Philippines, January 1945
  2. A line of Coast Guard landing barges, sweeping through the waters of Lingayen Gulf, carries the first wave of invaders to the beaches of Luzon, after a terrific naval bombardment of Japanese shore positions on January 9, 1945

Source: research.archives.gov

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