Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Part One -- Preface -- Introduction -- Preparations -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Part Two -- Preface -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Conclusion -- Addendum -- Index
Summary
In just over a month--that is from mid-December 1944 to mid-January 1945--two crucial Allied ""invasions"" in Luzon (the northern geographical region of the Philippines) turned the tide in America's favour in its attempt to liberate the Philippines from Japanese occupation. One invasion was on Mindoro Island, south of Manila, while the other was on the Lingayen Gulf and its environs--on the west coast of Luzon, north of Manila. While the battle of Lingayen Gulf may still have been successful without the assistance of the newly completed air facilities on Mindoro Island, this made the battle a
