PhilippinesLUZONAfter air and artillery preparation, the Japanese begin an attack on II Corps in the evening but are halted by corps fire. An enemy regiment concealed in a bridgehead across the Pilar River begins withdrawing under cover of darkness. I Corps continues to battle against enemy pockets in the sectors of the 1st and 11th Divisions. The pockets are now cut off from supply. In the South Sector, operations against the enemy beachhead at Point Quinauan continue with little change in positions. Japanese reinforcements are ordered to the area. The 192nd Tank Battalion (less one company) is sent to the west coast to help reduce the Point Quinauan beachhead. |