64th LORETO LANDING
by the American Forces
OCTOBER 17, 2008
Black Beach II, Campintac
Brgy. Panamaon, Loreto, Dinagat Islands
Philippines
To view the history of US American Liberation Forces landing in Loreto, please visit the website of LORETONIAN.ORG
The Municipality of Loreto became the entry point of the American Liberation Forces on October 17, 1944. It was on this shore that the 6th Ranger Batallion of the 6th U.S. Army under Col. Mucci landed at Sitio Campintac of Barangay Panamaon, Loreto. It was on this shore that the 6th Ranger Battalion of the 6th U.S. Army under Co. Mucci landed at Sitio Campintac of Barangay Panamaon. It was during this landing that the first American flag flew on the Philippine soil. They named the place “Black Beach No. 2”.
To view the history of US American Liberation Forces landing in Loreto, please visit the website of LORETONIAN.ORG
-One of the historic tourist spots of Loreto is Campintac, the very isolated place where the first landing of the American Liberation did happen on October 17, 1944. On this memorable spot now stands as was erected by the late Mayor Alfonso A. Ompod, a simple monumental marker with only a helmet and a bayonet on top of the marker and engraved in such marker the names of Lieut. Henry A. Mucci and Maj. Robert W. Garret of the 6th Ranger Battalion, the first to step on the “Black Beach” as the Americans called Campintac, “The First to Mark the Return of the Americans”, with the US battleships having assembled first in Loreto Bay for two days, before the liberation landed Leyte on October 20, 1944. (from Aida M.Basil)
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Loreto Landing,Black Beach When The American First Landed For The Liberation of the Philippines,Maj.Garret of the u.s. Army Rangers was ashore.USA.Basil
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