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 Justin Taylan July 9, 2024 |
Location Lat 10° 30' 15N Long 122° 48' 42E Patik is ocated at an elevation of 3' / 1m above sea level on the western tip of Negros Occidental Province on the northwest coast of Negros Island in the Western Visayas (Region VI) in the Visayas (Visayas Islands) in the central Philippines. Also spelled Patic or Patio. To the northwest is Pulupandan. To the west is the Guimaras Strait and beyond Guimaras. Wartime History On March 29, 1945 at 5:00am without pre-invasion bombardment to give the element of surprise, a reinforced platoon of F Company, 185th Infantry Regiment, 40th Infantry Division with Filipino guerillas made an amphibious landing at Patik without opposition and and secures Bago bridge over the Bago River and fought a battle with Japanese guarding the bridge but was able to capture the span and held off counterattacks. Meanwhile, at 9:00am the main body of the 185th Infantry Regiment followed by the 160th Infantry Regiment lands at to the northwest at Pulupandan. References U.S. Army in World War II - Triumph in the Philippines Chapter XXXI The Central Visayan Islands pages 603 (map), 606 (Pulupandan) Allied Geographical Section Southwest Pacific Area Terrain Study No 99 Negros Island and Siquijor Island (Philippine Series 15th November 1944 pages 15 (Pulupandan), 87 (Map Pulupandan), 127 (photo) Contribute
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