The Battle of San Fernando

Location: San Fernando City Plaza, MacArthur Highway cor. F. Ortega Highway, San Fernando, La Union

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1959

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

THE BATTLE OF SAN FERNANDO

THE BATTLE OF SAN FERNANDO BEGAN WITH ASSAULT ON THE JAPANESE POSITION ALONG THE SOUTH BANK OF THE BARORO RIVER, BACNOTAN, LA UNION, BY THE 121ST INFANTRY USAFIP, NL, ON 4 JANUARY 1945, FOLLOWED BY THE SEIZURE OF ENEMY STRONGHOLDS SOUTH OF BARORO AND THE CONCERTED ATTACK ON ENEMY STRONG POINTS SITUATED ALONG OAIG CREEK WHERE IT CROSSED THE SAN FERNANDO–CAMANSI ROAD, ON RESERVOIR HILL AND INSURRECTO HILL AND ON THE BACSIL–APALENG RANGE ON THE SECOND WEEK OF FEBRUARY. BY 24 MARCH 1945 THE ENTIRE SAN FERNANDO AREA WAS SECURED AND ENABLED THE ESTABLISHMENT AT PORO PENINSULA THE HEADQUARTERS OF U.S. ARMY BASE M, BUILD-UP AREA FOR THE PROJECTED INVASION OF JAPAN.