American Eighth Army soldiers debark from LCIs in Luzon
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, Gift of Mary Noble, from The collection of the National WWII Museum
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American Eighth Army soldiers debark from LCI(L)s [Landing Craft Infantry, Large] in Luzon. "File number: 259015. Released: Feb. 14, 1945. Navy lands Eighth Army on West coast of Luzon--Troops of the U.S. 8th Army under command of Lieutenant General Robert L. Eichelberger, pour off Navy LCI's (landing craft infantry) and wade ashore between San Narciso and San Antonio on the west coast of Luzon on January 29, 1945, in a brilliant move calculated to cut off Bataan Peninsula and to capture the naval base at Olongapo. Tactical surprise was achieved to such a dress that not a man, ship or plane was lost in the landing." 29 January 1945
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Official U.S. Navy Photographs collected by navy veteran John R. Noble, who served in the Pacific on the USS Castor and the USS Fletcher during World War II.
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Luzon
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16.000
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121.000
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Landing craft--American--Philippines
Soldiers--American--Philippines