I te 17 o Oketopa 1944, i whakaekehia e nga hoia o te United States Sixth Army i raro i te whakahau tika a Lieutenant General Walter Krueger, te moutere o Leyte o Philippines
He aha? Ko tēnei mahi te tīmatanga o te whakatutukitanga a te Tumuaki Douglas MacArthur i tana kupu whakaari i te Maehe 1942 ki te iwi o Piripi ka whakaorangia e ia i raro i te mana o Hapani.