Location: Lingayen, Pangasinan (Region I)
Category: Sites/Events
Type: Beach
Status: Level II - Historical marker
Marker date: 1948
Marker date: 1948
Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)
Marker text:
LINGAYEN BEACH
ON THIS BEACH, GENERAL LLOYD WHEATON LANDED HIS TROOPS ON 7 NOVEMBER 1898 TO CUT OFF THE RETREAT OF GENERAL EMILIO AGUINALDO; AND GENERAL OF THE ARMY DOUGLAS MACARTHUR BEGAN HIS CAMPAIGN ON 9 JANUARY 1945 FOR THE LIBERATION OF LUZON FROM THE JAPANESE INVADERS.
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