Rihiyon na Sagor na Baybay na Luzon (Region at the Northwest Coast of Luzon)

Pangasinan Islands Philippines
World War II and the Japanese Rule

Lingayen Gulf was one of the strategic places during the Second World War. Japanese forces under Gen. Masaharu Homma landed on the shores of Pangasinan in December 1941, a few days after the attack on Pearl Harbor and started the Japanese occupation of the country. In 1945, During the Battle of Pangasinan from the combined Filipino and U.S. Troops, American troops landed on the beaches of Pangasinan and joined Pangasinese guerrillas together with the Philippine Commonwealth troops to free Luzon from the Japanese.

Source: Wikipedia Encyclopedia