Lat 16° 14' 32N Long 120° 24' 32E A barrio of San Fernando, located on the eastern shore of Lingayen Gulf.

Damortis - Rosario Road
Run through Damortis (Route 3-11 junction). By 1945, the Japanese had emplaced artillery at this location. Located to the east of the main American landings on Lingayen Gulf, it was one of the first objectives of the landing, and was liberated on January 12, 1945 by the US Army 158th RCT.

Veteran Glenn Shankle, 158th RCT adds:
"I was wounded on the road to Bagiuo that goes east out of Damortis. We were approaching the summit of the pass while being shelled by a enemy mountain gun. I think it was about a 37mm small gun. Sundown was approaching, so our CO said to set up a perimeter and dig in for the night. My platoon was assigned to a ravine that had a small stream running in it. I was glad for the opportunity to wash up a bit. Near the stream next to the stream bank, there was a pile of straw and movement in the straw. I quickly jumped up on the bank above the straw and dropped phospherous grenade into the straw. That brought out about 25 or 30 Japs out of a cave covered by the straw. I was fireing into their backs as they came out, but they dispersed around the area and my platoon found ourselves in hand to hand combat. I took a bullet hit in my right leg and fell right in center of things. Lucky for me my buddies brought pleanty of automatic fire from Browning subs, giving the medics space to come into the ravine to drag me out. I was carried out of the ravine back up to the hiway. While the medics attended to me, another cave was uncovered with about the same number of enemy. I was told that there was 75 enemy killed that evening before full darkness set in."

Japanese Memorial Marker
This concrete marker at the road junction at Damortis was built by the Japanese, and reads: "Kenju No He" (Dead Soldiers for Country Monument). Destroyed after the war by 'treasure hunters' looking for 'Yamashita's Gold'. Today, only its shattered base remains. The treasure hunters found nothing inside other that the metal structural pieces inside the concrete. Memorial Marker Then & Now