A B C D LUZON, P.I., 1941 FINAL OPERATIONS ON LUZON 34 3 February - 20 July 1945 BABUYAN CHANNEL CAPE ENGANO ELEVATIONS IN FEET 0 1500 3000 OVER 0 20 40 60 80 100 Aparri 1 N 1 HISTORY DEPARTMENT 23 June . USMA SCALE OF MILES Frank Martini R Gunzaga Lauag n a y a g a Batac C xx 26 June Guer. xx Guer. 25 June LUZON STRAIGHT Bangued Tuguegarrao Vigan Operations against the Shobu Force were among the most Lubuagan xx 37 difficult during the war. Yamashita’s forces kept several xx divisions and guerrilla forces occupied right up to the end of Candon Guer. 19 June PALANAN BAY Bontoc 10 July Ilagan the war. His group was compressed into the area shown by 1 July where it no longer could affect MacArthur’s use of . R 20 July t a Luzon as a base. g Luna xx a xx xxx 6 M Guer. SHOBU Curdon San Fernando 20 Mar. 2 Bagabag 2 xx 10 June Bauang xx 32 Salano 33 Baguio LINGAYEN xx GULF 37 Damortis Rosario Pazorrubio Balete Pass Dagupan Tayug Lingoyen 3 Feb. San Carlos Urdaneto 4 Feb. Aguilar xxx BALER BAY San Jose 12 Feb. I Rizal Paniqui xx Camiling Griswold’s XIV Corps penetrated the Shimbu Line Guimba Bongabon 6 Licab (5 Feb. line shown), using three divisions. On 15 . Sangitan R Tarlac Cababatuan March, Hall’s XI Corps assumed control of the sector g By 20 February, the XIV and XI O’Donnell n 11 Feb. and constituted operations against the Shimbu Group. a xxx p Iba Capas m Corps had eliminated the Kembu Bomban a Gapan DINGALEN BAY KEMBU P The last important Japanese strongholds fell on 28 May. Group as an effective force. Operations Fort Arayat Thereafter, Japanese resistance was fragmented and ineffective. Statsenberg thereafter were of a mop-up nature. xxx 5 Feb. Guer. 3 San Fernando 3 XI Baliuag POLILLO San Antonio 5 Feb.Lubao Calumpait Norzagaray xxxSTRAIGHT Olangapo Plaridelxxx Malolos SHIMBU Montalban 25 May Abucoy XIV Infanta AY BATAAN SUBIC B Orion BAGAC Manila BAY Tanay LAMON BAY 15 Feb. CAVITE PHILIPPINE SEA The 38th Infantry Division secured Bataan in February LAG after opening the Zig-Zag trail (across base of Bataan). Mariveles 16 Feb. DE CORREGIDOR xx BAY Paracale 10 Apr. The 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment and elements 11 Mayondon xx Mauban of the 38th Division seized Corregidor that same month. Tagaytay 7 Mar. III 1 Lucban 11 Apr. Daet Nasugbu San Pablo The 39th Division also cleared the Channel Islands. 158 Tayabas Antimonan BICOL 29 Mar. PENINSULA Colauag xx Siain MAQUEDA Balayan Lemery L. TAALLipa 11(-) SAN CHANNEL MIGUEL Lucena xx Lubang BALATAN BAY 7 Mar. TATABAS BAY 1(-) BAY Batangas RAGAY 28 Apr. The XIV Corps cleared LAGONOY GULF GULF Naga VERDE ISLAND southern Luzon, using SOUTH PASSAGE xxx 2 May the units shown. Organized XIV Iriga resistance from the Fuji Force 4 (13,000 +/-) ceased on 15 June. 4 CHINA Legaspi 1 Apr. III Sarsogon 158 Gubat SEA SIBUYAN MINDORO STRAIGHT SEA Bulon MASBATE TABLAS PASS STRAIGHT SAN BERNADINO STRAIGHT A B C D.