Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: Bayan ya fita daga Ormoc, Rukunin na 77 ya dauki filin jirgin sama na Valencia, 7 mi (11 km) arewa, a ranar 18 ga Disamba, kuma ya ci gaba da arewa don kafa lamba tare da raka'a X Corps. A wannan rana, Janar Sibert ya umarci rundunar sojan doki ta 1 ta kammala aikin kudu. Rundunar sojan doki ta 12 ta tura daga tsaunuka a kan hanyar kudu maso yamma zuwa Highway 2, sa'an nan kuma ya bi wuta daga 271st Field Artillery Battalion don share hanyar 3 mi (4.8 km). A arewacin Ormoc Valley, Rukunin na 32 ya sadu da tsayayyar adawa daga kungiyar 1st Division ta Japan da ke karewa tare da Babbar Hanya 2, bayan ya koma kudu bayan Kilay Ridge kuma ya shiga cikin gandun daji mai zurfi, wanda ya iyakance hangen nesa da kuma ɓoye abokan gaba. Ta amfani da wuta, grenades, bindigogi, da bayonets, sojoji sun yi ta ci gaba da ci gaba a kowace rana a cikin yadudduka, kuma a cikin kwanaki biyar na gwagwarmayar gwagwarmaya, 126th da 127th Infantry Regiments sun ci gaba da kasa da 1 mile (1.6 km). Haɗuwa tsakanin masu sintiri na 12th Cavalry da na 306 na Infantry na Division 77 a ranar 21 ga Disamba ya nuna alamar haɗin Amurka X da XXIV Corps da kuma rufewa na rundunar soja na shida a kan Ormoc Valley. Yayin da 77th da 32nd Divisions suka haɗu a kwarin, Maj. Janar Joseph M. Swing na 11th Airborne Division ya koma cikin tsakiyar dutsen daga gabas. Tare da toshe wuraren da aka kafa a kudancin Leyte Valley a ranar 22-24 ga Nuwamba, 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment ya tura zuwa yamma zuwa cikin duwatsu a ranar 25 ga Nuwamba. Bayan ci gaba mai wahala, 511th ya isa Mahonag, 10 mi (16 km) yamma da Burauen, a ranar 6 ga Disamba, a ranar da sojojin Japan suka sauka a filin jirgin sama na Buri da San Pablo. A ranar 16 ga Disamba, 2nd Battalion, 32nd Infantry, ya yi jinkiri amma ya ci gaba da ci gaba a cikin duwatsu daga yankin Ormoc Bay don saduwa da rundunar sojan sama da kuma taimakawa wajen wucewa zuwa yamma. A ranar 23 ga Disamba, bayan da aka yi yaƙi da masu kare 'yan Japan da aka warwatsa a kan tuddai da cikin koguna,' yan bindiga na 7th sun sadu da sojojin daga 2nd Battalion, 187th Glider Infantry Regiment, wanda ya wuce...  Tambaya: Yaya kusa Bruce da rundunarsa suka zo Palompon?
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