Location
Pangasinan Province 4th District is located on Luzon in the Philippines. Borders Lingayen Gulf to the north.
Sual
(Saul)
Borders Lingayen Gulf liberated by the U.S. Army 40th Division after the landing on Lingayen Gulf.
Lingayen
Lat
16° 1' 0N Long 120° 13' 60E Located at
the center of Lingayen Gulf. Dagupan and San Fabian are located
to the east.
Binmaley
Lat 16° 1' 57N Long 120° 16' 16E Coastal
town where the US Army landed on "Yellow Beach" on January 9, 1945 as part of the initial beachhead area. Lingayen is to the west and Dagupan to the east.
Dagupan
Lat 16° 6' 0N Long 120° 31' 0E City
located between Lingayen and San Fabian. General
MacArthur landed at Bonuan (Blue Beach) on the coast of
Dagupan December 12, 1945 three days after the initial American
landing, to officially return to Luzon and made his HQ at the West Central
Elementary School in the center of Dagupan.
Mangaldan
Borders Lingayen Gulf to the north and Dagupan to the east includes Mangaldan Airfield (Honey).
San Fabian
Lat 16° 7' 42N Long 120° 24' 39E Coastal town on the NE side of Lingayen Gulf.
Site of American liberation landing by I Corps. The Catholic Church was damaged by bombardment and the town became a major staging area for movement inland.
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October 23, 2019
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