Camp Spencer

Location: Bacnotan–Luna–Balaoan Road, Brgy. Darigayos, Luna, La Union

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1958

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

CAMP SPENCER

NAMED IN HONOR OF PRIVATE GRAFTON SPENCER, AUS, KILLED IN ACTION EARLY 1943. THIS CAMP IN DARIGAYOS, SITE OF THE GHQ, WAS CENTER AND BASE OF OPERATIONS OF THE USAFIP, NL, DURING THE LIBERATION CAMPAIGN OF LUZON, FROM JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1945 WHEN 52,033 ENEMY TROOPS WERE KILLED AND 32,001 CAPTURED. THIS CAMP WAS DEACTIVATED ON ORDERS OF THE PHILIPPINE ARMY, DECEMBER 1946.

DARIGAYOS COVE WAS THE LANDING SCENE OF AMERICAN SUBMARINE LANDINGS FOR VITAL WAR MATERIEL AND SUPPLIES FROM THE SOUTH-WEST PACIFIC AREA, COMMAND OF GEN. DOUGLAS MACARTHUR, LATE 1944.