A halin yanzu, a gefen yammacin Leyte, Rundunar XXIV ta sami ƙarfafawa a ranar 7 ga Disamba tare da saukowa daga Rundunar Sojoji ta 77 a karkashin Manjo Janar Andrew D. Bruce kudu da Ormoc City. Rundunar Sojoji ta 305 da 307 na Rundunar Sojoji ta 77th Division sun zo bakin teku a 0700 ba tare da wata matsala ba, tare da goyon bayan wani kamfani daga Battalion na 776 na Amphibian Tank Battalion. Duk da haka, Admiral Arthur D. Struble's jirgin ruwa na jirgin ruwa ya sha wahala daga hare-haren kamikaze, da jiragen sama hamsin da biyar da ke kai hare-hare goma sha shida. Duk da haka, zuwan 77th Division ya tabbatar da yanke shawara. ya ba da damar 7th Division don ci gaba da tafiya zuwa arewa, kuma masu kare abokan gaba sun kasance da sauri a tsakanin sojojin biyu.
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