Location: Bitalag Park, Km. 320 Manila North Road cor. Tagudin–Cervantes–Sabangan Road, Brgy. Bitalag, Tagudin, Ilocos Sur
Category: Sites/Events
Type: Site
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker date: 1958
Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)
Marker text:
THE BITALAG ROAD JUNCTION
THIS ROAD JUNCTION WHICH SERVED AS VITAL JAPANESE OUTPOST, WAS ASSAULTED BY ELEMENTS OF THE 121ST INFANTRY, USAFIP NL, ON 8 JANUARY 1945 AND WAS CAPTURED FOUR DAYS LATER. THE SIEGE OF BITALAG WAS THE INITIAL ACTION IN THE GREAT BATTLE FOR BESSANG PASS, FARTHER TO THE EAST, WHOSE CAPTURE ON 14 JUNE 1945 HASTENED THE SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE IMPERIAL FORCES IN THE PHILIPPINES.
