The quoted 1945 entry follows the naval bombardment, the landing of US Sixth Army, convoy escort, Japanese attacks, and the buildup of supplies ashore. It records Allied warships and aircraft supporting the landings as well as Japanese suicide attacks by swimmers, small boats, and explosive barges. Carrier aircraft, naval gunfire, amphibious craft, ports, bridges, railways, and airfields all appear in the same operational narrative. Shore operations, fleet support, logistics, and losses unfold together across a single theatre of war.
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A wartime chronicle of Lingayen Gulf
The 1946 annual's account of the Lingayen Gulf landings shows the kind of month-by-month operational detail Brassey's preserved.