The Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium, near Harrison Park and La Salle University, hosted a fierce battle on the morning of February 16. U.S. artillery blasted an opening in the outer walls near right field. Sherman tanks advanced into the overgrown outfield, with infantrymen of the 5th and 12th Cavalry Regiments advancing in a crouch behind them. Three or four companies of well-armed Japanese troops were dug into the stands, dugouts, and tunnels behind home plate and the first base line. All openings had been barricaded with sandbags, and firing slots had been cut into the walls. The visiting
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