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Location Panay Island is located in the Western Visayas (Region VI) in the Visayas (Visayas Islands) in the central Philippines. Today, Panay Island is divided into five provinces: Aklan Province, Antique Province, Capiz Province, Iloilo Province. Borders the Sulu Sea to the south and west and Jintotolo Channel (Jintotolo Strait) to the north and northeast. To the southeast is Guimaras Island and Negros Island. Wartime History Occupied by the Jpapanese. During late 1944 until early May 1945 attacked by U.S. bombers and fighters. On March 18, 1945 the 542nd Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment makes an amphibious landing of the U.S. Army 40th Division reinforced (less the 108th RCT) makes an amphibious landing on beaches on the southeast coast of Panay American missions against Panay Island October 26, 1944–May 6, 1945 A-20G-45-DO Havoc Serial Number 43-22155 Pilot Jennings ditched March 19, 1945, 1 missing References U.S. Army in World War II - Triumph in the Philippines Chapter XXXI The Central Visayan Islands pages 601-602, 603 (map), 604, 607, 619, Footnotes 1, 2, 3, 5, 12, 19, 20 Contribute
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