Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I muri i te mahi mahi i te rohe o Hollandia, i tukuna te 24th Division ki te X Corps o te Ono o nga United States Army hei whakarite mo te whakaekenga o te Philippines. I te 20 o Oketopa 1944, i honoa te wehenga ki te 1st Cavalry Division i roto i te X Corps, ana i whakaekea e nga wehenga e rua ki Leyte, i te tuatahi ka raru noa te aukati. Whai muri i te hinganga i te moana i te 26 o Oketopa, ka whakarewahia e te Hapanihi he nui, kaore i whakaritea
Ka whakaekea te ope taua tuaono. I eke te 24th Division ki te Raorao o Leyte, i ahu whakamua ki Jaro ka mau ki a Breakneck Ridge i te 12 o Noema 1944, i roto i nga pakanga pakari.