155-MM. HOWITZER M1 in Balete Pass shelling enemy artillery positions, 19 April. During March one division moved forward ten miles after constructing more than 130 miles of roads and trails. The same problems of terrain were faced in this advance and it was not until 13 May that the pass was seized.
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P-38’S DROPPING FIRE BOMBS north of Balete Pass.
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INFANTRYMAN ROUTING ENEMY SOLDIERS hiding in a culvert near Aritao on the highway north of Balete Pass. U.S. forces broke through the Japanese defenses at Aritao and seized Bayombong to the north toward the Cagayan Valley on 7 June 1945. After this, the drive northward was rapid and met with little opposition.
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MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN in northern Luzon. The Malaya River flows through the valley in the vicinity of Cervantes, Ilocos Sur Province. (click image to enlarge)