40th Infantry Division, spearheaded by the 185th US Infantry Regiment, landed unopposed in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigbauan" id="mw9A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Tigbauan">Tigbauan</a> forcing the Japanese forces to surrender and General <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macario_Peralta" id="mw9Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Macario Peralta">Macario Peralta</a> and Gen. Gen. Eichelberger to declare the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panay_Liberation_Day" id="mw9g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Panay Liberation Day">Liberation of Panay, Romblon and Guimaras</a>.<sup about="#mwt66" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-11"}}' id="cite_ref-11" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_18#cite_note-11" id="mw9w" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 11;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw-A">[11]</span></a></sup>
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