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Location Lat 16° 19' 22N Long 120° 21' 60E Agoo is located at an elevation of 160' / 48m on the western coast of La Union Province of Luzon in the Philippines. Borders Lingayen Gulf to the west. Wartime History On December 22, 1941 between 1:10am to 4:30am a Japanese invasion force of warships escorting seventy-six transports with the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) 14th Army under the command of General Masaharu Homma organized in three convoys enter Lingayen Gulf and anchors. The escorting cruisers and destroyers begin a preinvasion bombardment as the soldiers are loaded into landing craft for landings at Agoo, Caba and Bauang. By 4:30am the convoy from Takao (Kaohsiung) with the 47th Infantry (less one battalion), 4th Tank Regiment (less one company) under the command of Col. Isamu Yanagi, and supporting elements are embarked aboard landing craft for the southernmost landing at Agoo. At 5:17am the first wave lands unapposed on the beach south of Agoo including two battalions of the 47th Infantry and one battalion of the 48th Mountain Artillery. Landing craft made ten trips to transport the entire force. During the Japanese occupation, they burned part of Macalca and massacred 17 innocent civilians under Prinsipe Bridge that were suspected of being guerrilla sympathizers. Occupied by the Japanese during their occupation of the Philippines. Agoo Town Hall Wartime mayors of Agoo include: Apolinario Romero (Alkalde) 1942-43, Attn Antonio Mendoza (Municipal Mayor) 1943-44, Migeul Fontanilla (Municipal Mayor) 1939-42, 1945-1948. Outside is the Japanese-Filipino Friendship Plaque. Japanese-Filipino Friendship Plaque This wooden plaque is displayed inside a brick archway. The plaque reads in Japanese and English: "The monument of Friendship between the Republic of the Philippines and Japan". Museo Iloko (Museum Iloko) Agoo Museum built in a restored presidential, restoration completed in October 31, 1982. The museum displays cultural artifacts and photographs are not allowed. Outside is displayed a Japanese Army field gun. 75mm Field Gun Type 90 (1930) Serial Number 938 Displayed outdoors in front of Museum Iloko. References U.S. Army in World War II - The Fall of the Philippines Chapter VIII: The Main Landings pages 127-128, 129, 132, 134, 135, 136 Contribute
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