Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'abalị iri na asaa n'ọnwa Ọktoba n'afọ 1944, ndị agha nke United States Sixth Army n'okpuru iwu nke Lieutenant General Walter Krueger,
ndị agha Filipinz wakporo agwaetiti Leyte dị na Filipinz. Ọrụ a bụ mmalite nke mmezu nke nkwa General Douglas MacArthur kwere ndị Philippines na March 1942 na ọ ga-eme ka ha nwere onwe ha pụọ n'aka ndị Japan.