'S-Day' was an awesome display of U.S. industrial might

Japanese commander knew U.S. naval firepower would just scythe his men down on the shoreline.

He withdrew his men and headquarters into more defensible terrain around Baguio , 30 miles east of Lingayen and 150 miles north of Manila .

MacArthur had earned the epithet “ Dugout Dug’s .

on this island in 1942 when he rarely ventured from his.

headquarters in Corregidor 's Malinta Tunnel .

On January 31 , MacArthur put a division of paratroopers from Eichelberger’s Eighth Army ashore at Nasugbu , 40 miles south of Manila .

By the end of January , Manila was surrounded by the Allies.

The Japanese lost twice their initial landing force taking the island in 1942 , the Americans suffered fewer than 300 KIA .

Before the fight for Luzon was over, Manila would suffer one of the most cruel and heartbreaking tragedies of the Second World War .

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