Battle of Luzon
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The Battle of Luzon was a land battle of the Pacific Theater of Operations of World War II by the Allied forces of the U.S., its colony the Philippines, Mexico, and allies against forces of the Empire of Japan. The battle resulted in a U.S. and Filipino victory. The Allies had taken control of all strategically and economically important locations of Luzon by March 1945, although pockets of Japanese resistance held out in the mountains until the unconditional surrender of Japan. While not the highest in U.S. casualties, it is the highest net casualty battle U.S. forces fought in World War II, with 192,000 to 217,000 Japanese combatants dead, 8,000 American combatants killed, and over 150,000 Filipinos, overwhelmingly civilians who were murdered by Japanese forces, mainly during the Manila massacre of February 1945.
XIV Corps Operations in Southern Luzon
Funeral for US Army MG Edwin D. Patrick (March 16 1945)
Japanese surrender to 40th
MG William H. Gill (right) and his aide CPT William F. Barres on Luzon in early 1945
Lipa After Bombardment
Coast Guard landing barges at Lingayen Gulf
A Japanese mortarman captured by the 103d Infantry on Luzon points out Japanese positions to Major General Leonard P. Wing (center) and Colonel Joseph P. Cleland
Squad leader points out suspected enemy Japanese position near Baguio, Luzon
Cuidado - Take Care, Bushmasters!
National Assembly building ruins
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