Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na 18 Nọvemba 1944, 11th Airborne Division sonyeere
Agha nke Leyte site n'ịkwada n'enweghị onye na-emegide ya na Bito Beach, n'akụkụ ọdọ mmiri Bito, Leyte. Ndị isi ndị isi nke ndị agha ahụ si New Guinea bịa iji họrọ ebe ndị agha ahụ ga-ama ụlọikwuu. Ebe ọ bụ na e wereworị ebe ndị a na-achọsi ike n'akụkụ ụsọ oké osimiri ọwụwa anyanwụ, Bito Beach ghọrọ ebe ndị agha ahụ ga-ebi. GIR nke 187 guzobere ebe obibi mbụ ya n'akụkụ obodo Filipino nke Abuyog. N'ụbọchị ole na ole mbụ ya na Leyte, ndị agha ahụ kpochapụrụ ma na-elekọta osimiri ahụ site na ịkwaga ihe ndị e wetara n'ala gaa n'ebe a na-ekpofu ihe, na-ewu ụlọikwuu, ma na-akwadebe onwe ya maka uto mbụ ya nke ọgụ. Ọ gaghị anọte aka. N'abalị iri abụọ na abụọ nke ọnwa Nọvemba, Lieutenant General Walter Krueger, onye isi ndị agha nke isii nke US, jikọtara nke iri na otu nke Airborne na Major General John R. Hodge's XXIV Corps, nke gụnyere nke iri itoolu na isii na nke asaa nke ndị agha. General Hodge nyere General Swing ntụziaka ka ọ wepụ ndị 7th Infantry Division n'akụkụ Burauen-La Paz-Bugho ma bibie ndị agha Japan niile nọ n'ógbè ahụ, chebe ma chekwaa ụlọ ọrụ ndị agha na ndị agha ikuku na mpaghara ọrụ ya (AO), chebe Leyte Gulf supply bases na mbupu, ma hazie ọrụ na 96th Infantry Division na ugwu ya, na-agba ọsọ n'ozuzu na ọwụwa anyanwụ-ọdịda anyanwụ site na Dagami. Swing maara na ike ọgụ nke ngalaba ya bụ nke obere battalion asaa nke ndị agha na-akwado battalion atọ nke ndị agha na-agba ụta nwere iri abụọ na anọ 75mm pack howitzers na iri na abụọ na-agba ọsọ 105mm howitzers. Ma, ọ na-eji nke nta nke nta ahapụ ndị agha ya ka ha na-eme ihe ha kwesịrị ime. N'otu abalị, ndị agha ahụ si n'ọrụ ha na-arụ n'ọgbọ agha gaa n'ọgbọ agha.