This week’s milestones: Jan. 4 to Jan. 10

Jan. 9, 1945 Allied troops, led by Gen. Douglas MacArthur, landed in the Gulf of Lingayen, Pangasinan, in an effort to reclaim Luzon and the rest of the Philippines from the Japanese and restore control to Filipinos and Americans. Although the Japanese had been misled to expect a landing in southern Luzon, the Allies’ landing