Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te 17 o Oketopa 1944, ko nga hoia o te United States Sixth Army i raro i te whakahau tika a Lieutenant General Walter Krueger,
I whakaekehia te motu o Leyte o Piripi. 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.