United States Army in World War II.: The war in the Pacific, Volume 12

Historical Division, Department of Army, 1945 - World War, 1939-1945

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THE DEBATE OVER LUZON	3

A CRITICAL NOTE 695	18

Relief Map of the Philippine Islands	20

Landing Unopposed on White Beach Mindoro	50

ESTABLISHING THE BEACHHEAD	73

Southern Landing Beach at Lingayen	74

January	82

THE ENEMY	88

Terrain Defended by Kobayashi Force	395

6th Division Approach to Wawa Dam	401

The Seizure of Ipo Dam 617 May 1945	409

Ipo Dam	412

To Infanta and Santa I�ez 31 March18 June 1945	417

7th Cavalry at Kapatalan Sawmill	419

SECURING THE VISAYAN PASSAGES	423

Lipa After Bombardment	431

EXPANDING THE HOLD	104

Damortis	106

Manaoag and Hill 200 Complex	113

THE LOGISTICS OF THE INVASION	118

LSTs With Causeways	120

Composition of 6th Division Shore Party	123

REDEPLOYMENT AND TACTICAL PLANS	139

43	143

SECURING THE SIXTH ARMYS BASE AREA	147

THE CAPTURE OF CLARK FIELD	167

A Planning Interlude	179

The Attack Through the End of January	186

53	195

THE APPROACH MARCH	211

54	232

THE DEFENDERS AND THE DEFENSES	237

73	240

ISOLATING THE BATTLEFIELD	249

888885	258

THE DRIVE TOWARD INTRAMUROS	271

The Drive Toward Intramuros 1322	276

Manila Hotel in Ruins	281

Rizal Hall	289

THE LAST RESISTANCE	291

Artillery in Support of Assault on Intramuros	296

Eliminating the Last Resistance 23 Feb ruary3 March 1945	298

ObjectiveThe Walled City	299

Legislative BuildingAfter	305

Casualties in Battle for Manila	307

BACK TO BATAAN	309

Corps Landing Area Western Luzon	314

ZigZag Pass 1 February 1945	317

ZigZag Pass 2 February 1945	318

ZigZag Pass 3 February 1945	320

ZigZag Pass 4 February 1945	321

ZigZag Pass 5 February 1945	323

ZigZag Pass 6 February 1945	328

38th Division 714 February 1945	331

Clearing Bataan 1221 February 1945	333

CORREGIDOR	335

Airdrop Topside	342

Raising the Flag Corregidor	349

Casualties in Corregidor Operations to March 1945	350

MANILA BAYMINOR OPERATIONS	351

Fort Drum	355

PART FIVE	359

THE REDUCTION OF THE SHIMBU GROUP	367

Northern Section of Marikina Valley	370

Benchmark 7	383

THE REDUCTION OF THE SHIMBU GROUP	391

The Seizure of Wawa Dam 27 March28 May 1945	393

Landing at Port Legaspi	442

THE SITUATION	449

Troop Dispositions Northern Luzon 21 February 1945	451

Baguio	455

Villa Verde Trail Near San Nicolas	462

THE COLLAPSE OF THE BAGUIO FRONT	468

Winding South From Baguio	469

The Capture of Baguio I Corps 21 February26 April 1945	473

Irisan Gorge	482

The Irisan Gorge Area	483

THE VILLA VERDE	491

Salacsac Pass No 2	496

Hill 504	504

Villa Verde Approach to Imugan	510

THE 25TH DIVISION	512

Through Balete Pass	519

To Balete Pass and Santa Fe 25th Division 12 March31 May 1945	521

South of Santa Fe	537

U S Infantry Casualties in Attack Toward Santa Fe 21 February	539

ACTION AT THE NORTHERN APEX	541

The Fight for Bessang Pass U S Army Forces in the Philippines North Luzon 29 March22 May 1945	550

Upper and Lower Cadsu Ridges	551

Through Bessang Pass to Cervantes U S Army Forces in the Philippines North Luzon 115 June 1945	555

PURSUIT IN NORTHERN LUZON	558

Attacking Through Oriung Pass	564

Pursuit in Northern Luzon I Corps 31 May30 June 1945	565

Final Operations in Northern Luzon XIV Corps 1 July15 August 1945	575

THE CAMPAIGN BEGINS	583

Clearing Puerto Princesa Harbor Palawan Island 28 February 1 March 1945	590

118	591

The Seizure of Zamboanga 41st Infantry Division 1031 March 1945	594

The Sulu Archipelago	598

THE CENTRAL VISAYAN ISLANDS	601

Clearing the Central Visayan Islands 40th and Americal Divisions 18 March28 April 1945	603

THE CONQUEST OF EASTERN MINDANAO	620

Clearing Eastern Mindanao X Corps 17 April30 June 1945	624

128	627

Clearing the Davao Area 24th Infantry Division 30 April26 June 1945	631

U S Army Casualties Eastern Mindanao Through 15 August	648

CONCLUSION	651

Generalized Organization of the Southwest Pacific Area	658

Seizing the Routes 311 Junction 43d Infantry Division 1231	659

B COMPOSITION OF THE LANDING WAVES LINGAYEN	666

Organization as of 9 January 1945	672

F STRENGTH AND DEPLOYMENT OF JAPANESE IN	682

Maps	701

139	725

143	732

155	738

171	744

187	750

Common terms and phrases

11th Airborne Division 148th Infantry 14th Area Army 1st Battalion 1st Cavalry Division 25th Division 2d Battalion 37th Div 37th Division 43d Division 5th Cavalry 6th Division Air Force Army G-3 Jnl Army Rpt Luzon artillery assault attack Baguio Bambang beaches casualties Clark Field combat commander Company counterattack Detachment Div Rpt Luzon Divi Division's east Eighth Army February Fifth Air Force fire G-3 Jnl File GHQ SWPA guerrillas Hill Inf Rpt Luzon Inf S-3 Infantry's Intramuros Island January Japa Japanese Jnl File Luzon killed Krueger Leyte Lingayen Gulf MacArthur machine gun Manila ment miles Mindanao Mindoro mortar Naval nese northeast northern Luzon operations Pasig patrols Philippines plans regiment Ridge River road Route San Jose secure Shimbu Group Shobu Sixth Army Sixth Army G-3 Sixth Army Rpt southern terrain tion troops units Villa Verde Villa Verde Trail wounded XIV Corps Yamashita

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Title	United States Army in World War II.: The war in the Pacific, Volume 12 United States Army in World War II.: The War in the Pacific
Publisher	Historical Division, Department of Army, 1945
Original from	University of Minnesota
Digitized	4 May 2016

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