In the Best Tradition of the Cavalry Service PTO (id:#58938)

The Bunker (Dispatches from the Bunker # 3 ID: DB006)   [next]   [previous]

Binalonan, Luzon, Philippines 1941-12-24 (3 others)

Overview:

The 22nd had seen the main landings at Lingayen Gulf of General Homma’s 14th Army come ashore with more difficulty from the heavy surf and faulty communications than from the Philippine defenses. The 23d found the securing of the beachhead, the landing of heavy equipment, and beginning the push south along the main coastal highway, Route 3, through Rosario and Sison. The Philippine 11th and 71st Divisions crumbled at once in face of the onslaught. That night the lead elements of the Japanese 4th Tank Regiment and 48th Infantry Division attacked and drove the 91st Combat Team out of Pozorrubio. Only the 26th Cavalry (PA), the ‘Philippine Scouts’, at Binalonan, stood in their way.

Defender: Filipino (Remnants of the Philippine Divisions 11 & 71, Divisional Artillery and Coastal Defense Units reinforced by the 26th Cavalry Philippine Scouts)  

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