Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Kua hoki mai ngā ope US ki Piripi i roto i te nui
Ka tīmata te whakaekenga ki Leyte i te 20 o Oketopa 1944. I whakaekea e te Imperial Japanese Navy te kaipuke whakaeke i te 23-26 o Oketopa i te Pakanga o Leyte Gulf, te pakanga moana nui rawa atu o te pakanga, engari i whakahekehia me nga ngaronga nui. I te marama o Tihema 1944 i whakahokia mai he Fort Wint kore noa iho "me te kore o te pupuhi". I te tīmatanga o Hui-tanguru 1945 he nui o te rohe o Manila me tetahi wahi o Bataan i tiakina. Ko Corregidor te ārai nui ki te whakatuwheratanga anō o Manila Bay ki te kaipuke. I hangaia he mahi morearea ki te whakahoki mai i te moutere ma te whakaeke rererangi me te whakaeke amphibious tata tonu. I whakaritea te whakaekenga mo te 16 o Hui-tanguru, a, i mua i te rererangi rererangi me te whakaeke moana. Ko te whakaekenga o te hau i runga i Topside, te whenua teitei i te hauauru o te motu. E rua noa iho ngā wāhi iti o te rerenga, ko te papa rerenga me te papa kōaro o mua, i wātea. Ko te mahere whānui mo te whakaeke tuatahi i te rangi i te 0830, te taunga o te amphibious i te 1030, me te tuarua o te rererangi rererangi i te 1215. Ko te ope rererangi ko te 503rd Parachute Regimental Combat Team o Lieutenant Colonel George M. Jones, me te patereihana patu parachute. Ko te whakaeke amphibious na te 3rd Battalion whakapakari, 34th Infantry Regiment o te 24th Infantry Division.