Lingayen Gulf

American  

[ling-gah-yen] / ˈlɪŋ gɑˈjɛn /

noun

1. a gulf in the Philippines, on the NW coast of Luzon.

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Lingayen Gulf British  

/ ˈlɪŋɡɑːˈjɛn /

noun

1. a large inlet of the South China Sea in the Philippines, on the NW coast of Luzon: site of the Japanese landing in the 1941 invasion

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Lingayen Gulf

In 1945, during World War II, American forces began landing on the shores of Lingayen Gulf in the Philippines as the Battle of Luzon got underway, resulting in an Allied victory over Imperial Japanese forces.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 9, 2021

At 64, Jenkins splashed ashore with the Engineers on D-day at Lingayen Gulf.

From Time Magazine Archive

General Walter Krueger, who had moved swiftly south from Lingayen Gulf.

From Time Magazine Archive

One morning at dawn as last week began, 56 ships stood off Lingayen Gulf, gateway to the broad, fertile Pampanga plain leading south 120 miles between mountain ranges toward Manila.

From Time Magazine Archive

During the next ten days, while we treated our sick and wounded, and buried our dead, nearly one-hundred various sized Japanese ships were quietly assembling in the Lingayen Gulf, only twenty-five miles from Baguio.

From Blood Brothers A Medic's Sketch Book by Rohlfing, Sam