Battle of Bacsil Ridge
Part of theSecond World War and thePhilippines campaign (1944–1945)
Date 19 March – 23 March 1945 (4 days) Location San Fernando, La Union, Philippines 16°37′N120°19′E / 16.617°N 120.317°E /16.617; 120.317 Result Filipino-American victory
Belligerents
United States Philippine Commonwealth	Empire of Japan
Commanders and leaders
Russell W. Volckmann George Milton Barnett	Tomoyuki Yamashita Toshio Hayashi
Units involved
121st Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army, USAFIP-NL	Japanese 14th Area Army
Strength
121st Infantry 308th Bomb Wing	3,000 armed troops 2,000 unarmed support forces[1]
Casualties and losses
877 casualties	3,322 killed 407 captured

TheBattle of Bacsil Ridge began on 19 March 1945. It was one of the continued main battles of the1944–1945 Philippines Campaign of theSecond World War between the Filipino soldiers under the 121st Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army, USAFIP-NL, under the command of American GeneralRussell W. Volckmann,^[2] and theJapanese Imperial forces under GeneralTomoyuki Yamashita, which resulted in the capture ofSan Fernando, La Union on 23 March 1945, and lead to the subsequent captureBacnotan, La Union after two months of fighting between the armies and guerilla fighters.^[3]

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