Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Ndị agha US laghachiri na Philippines na nnukwu mbuso agha na Leyte
malite n'abalị iri abụọ n'ọnwa Ọktoba afọ 1944. Ndị agha mmiri Imperial Japanese wakporo ndị agha mwakpo ahụ na 23-26 Ọktọba na Agha nke Leyte Gulf, agha mmiri kachasị ukwuu nke agha ahụ, mana e meriri ha na nnukwu mfu. Na December 1944, e weghachiri Fort Wint nke tọgbọ chakoo "n'egbughị otu égbè". Ka ọ na-erule ná mmalite February 1945, ihe ka ukwuu n'ógbè Manila na akụkụ ụfọdụ nke Bataan bụzi nke ndị agha. Corregidor bụ ihe mgbochi kasịnụ e nwere n'ịmegheghachi Manila Bay maka njem ụgbọ mmiri. A haziri ọrụ dị ize ndụ iji weghachite agwaetiti ahụ site na mwakpo ikuku na nke amphibious n'otu oge. E debere mwakpo ahụ maka February 16 ma bọmbụ ụgbọelu na ụgbọ mmiri bu ya ụzọ. A ga-awakpo ha n'elu ugwu Topside, nke dị n'ebe ọdịda anyanwụ nke agwaetiti ahụ. Ọ bụ nanị obere ebe abụọ a na-atụba ngwá agha, ebe a na-eme ememe na ebe a na-egwubu golf, ka e nwere. Atụmatụ zuru ezu bụ maka mwakpo mbụ nke ụgbọelu na 0830, ụgbọ mmiri amphibious na 1030, na nke abụọ nke ụgbọelu na 1215. Ndị agha ụgbọelu ahụ bụ ndị 503rd Parachute Regimental Combat Team nke Lieutenant Colonel George M. Jones, tinyere otu ndị agha parachute. Ndị agha amphibious bụ ndị e wusiri ike nke atọ, 34th Infantry Regiment nke 24th Infantry Division.