Ia faaauau pea le parakalafa lenei - I le aso 28 Novema, na faapotopoto ai le Vaega o le 40 a le Infantry Division i Borgen Bay e sauniuni ai mo le osofaʻiga o Luzon, o le motu pito i telē ma e sili ona tāua i le itu tau fuafuaga a Filipaina. O le 108th Regimental Combat Team - o le 108th Infantry Regiment, le 164th Field Artillery Battalion, Co. C o le 115th Engineer Combat Battalion, ma Co. C o le 115th Medical Battalion - sa i ai i le faʻasao i le S-Day - 9 Ianuari 1945, ina ua taunuʻu le Sixth Army i Lingayen Gulf. Na faateteleina le tetee a Iapani a o agaʻi atu le GIs i saute agaʻi atu i Manila, ma na faia ai e le 108th ni taua mataʻutia mo le mauaina o Fort Stotsenburg, Clark Field, Top of the World, Hill 7, ma Sacobia Ridge. O le 43rd Infantry Division na faʻamalolo le 40th i le aso 2 Mati. I le ono aso mulimuli ane, na tuu ese ai le 108th ma auina atu i le motu o Leyte e fesoasoani i le tafiesea o tagata na faatoʻilaloina
O fitafita Iapani. Na faatoʻilaloina foʻi e le vaega lona lua a le vaegaʻau ia Masbate ma isi motu i le vaipanoa. I Leyte ma Masbate, e tusa ma le 19 fitafita na maliliu ma le 49 na manunuʻa ai.