On the 8th, it was observed that in the town of Lingayen, as a response to the pre-landing bombardment, Filipinos had begun to form a parade, complete with United States and Philippine flags fire was shifted away from that area. Aircraft and naval artillery bombardment of the landing areas also occurred, with kamikazes attacking on the 7th. Underwater demolitions began, but found no beach obstacles, and encountered sparse opposing forces. The kamikaze aircraft hits Columbia at 17:29.īeginning on 6 January 1945, a heavy naval and air bombardment of suspected Japanese defenses on Lingayen began. USS Columbia is attacked by a kamikaze off Lingayen Gulf, 6 January 1945. For the next three years, the gulf remained under Japanese occupation prior to the Lingayen Gulf Landings. Following the defeat, the next day General Douglas MacArthur issued the order to retreat from Luzon and withdraw to Bataan. 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 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. 6th Army landed on a 20 mi (32 km) beachhead between the towns of Lingayen and San Fabian.ĭuring World War II, the Lingayen Gulf proved a strategically important theater of war between American and Japanese forces. 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. Oldendorf began approaching the shores of Lingayen. In the early morning of 6 January 1945, a large Allied force commanded by Admiral Jesse B. The Invasion of Lingayen Gulf was an Allied amphibious operation in the Philippines during World War II. Misamis Occidental and Misamis Oriental.
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