I te 28 o Whiringa-a-rangi, i whakahiatohia te 40th Infantry Division ki Borgen Bay ki te whakarite mo te whakaekenga o Luzon, te nui rawa atu me te mea nui o nga moutere o Philippines. Ko te 108th Regimental Combat Team - i hangaia e te 108th Infantry Regiment, te 164th Field Artillery Battalion, Co. C o te 115th Engineer Combat Battalion, me Co. C o te 115th Medical Battalion - i te ra-S-Day i te 9 o Hanuere 1945, i te taenga mai o te Ope Tuaono ki Lingayen Gulf. I kaha ake te aukati a Hapani i te wa i neke atu ai nga GI ki te tonga ki Manila, ana ka whawhai te 108th i nga pakanga nanakia mo te noho o Fort Stotsenburg, Clark Field, Top of the World, Hill 7, me Sacobia Ridge. I tukuna e te 43rd Infantry Division te 40th i te 2 o Poutu-te-rangi. E ono nga ra i muri mai ka wehea te 108th, ka tonoa ki te motu o Leyte hei awhina i te horoi i te hunga i hinga
Ko ngā ope Hapanihi. I horoia hoki e te 2 Battalion o te pu i a Masbate me etahi atu moutere o te rohe. I Leyte me Masbate i ngaro te 108th i te tata ki te 19 nga hoia i mate me te 49 i whara.