Mezue nkebi ahịrịokwu a: Mgbe ọnwa ole na ole gachara, MacArthur kwuru na ya kwetara na e kwesịrị ịgbalị iweghachite Filipinz. Onyeisi ndị agha US na Pacific bụ Admiral Chester Nimitz na Onyeisi ndị agha mmiri bụ Admiral Ernest King na-emegide echiche a, na-ekwu na ọ ga-echere ruo mgbe mmeri ahụ doro anya. MacArthur aghaghị ichere ruo afọ abụọ ka e mezuo ọchịchọ ya; ọ bụ na 1944 ka a malitere ime mkpọsa iji weghachite Philippines. Agwaetiti Leyte bụ ebumnuche mbụ nke mkpọsa ahụ, nke bụ
E jidere ya ná ngwụsị December 1944. Nke a sochiri mwakpo e mere Mindoro na mgbe e mesịrị, Luzon.