Operation Musketeer, 1945

found: Work cat.: Records of naval operating forces: Third Amphibious Force ..., 1942-1945:(Operation Musketeer; started Jan. 9, 1945; major objective was the seizure of the Central Lingayen area to destroy principal garrisons, command organization and logistics of Japanese defense forces in the Philippines, denial of enemy of the northern entrance of the South China Sea, and provision of bases for further support of operation against the Japanese)

found: Adkins, P., Codeword dict., 1997:(Musketeer; Allied forces four-phased plan to liberate the Philippine Islands in 1945; developed by Gen. Douglas MacArthur's staff as part of the larger Reno V plan; four phases were King, Love, Mike and Victor; also called Operation Montclair)