MacArthur Landing Site in Dagupan CIty
One of the places with historical significance worth visiting in Dagupan City is the MacArthur Landing Site in Bonuan Gueset . It is one of the landing sites of the Liberation Forces on January 9, 1945 . It is located near the shoreline of what is known as Bonuan Blue Beach or Tondaligan Beach . General Douglas MacArthur landed here to fulfill his promise of "I Shall Return" at the end of the World War II. Although Lingayen, San Fabian and Dagupan City continue to debate where MacArthur first landed, it is in Dagupan City where the biggest MacArthur Landing Marker was erected and eventually unveiled in January 23, 1984 . The memorial reads: "Luzon Landing - On this shore, known as Blue Beach, Bonuan, Dagupan City, the first combat troops of the sixth army of the United States of America under the command of General Douglas MacArthur landed on 9 January 1945 to liberate the island of Luzon thus...