Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Zvichakadaro, kumadokero kweLeyte, XXIV Corps yakagamuchira kusimbiswa musi wa 7 Zvita nekumhara kwe77th Infantry Division pasi paMaj. Gen. Andrew D. Bruce kumaodzanyemba kweOrmoc City. Ma305th na307th Infantry Regiments e77th Division akasvika pamhenderekedzo yegungwa na0700 asina kupikiswa, achitsigirwa nekambani kubva ku776th Amphibian Tank Battalion. Zvisinei, ngarava dzomumvura dzaAdmiral Arthur D. Struble dzakatarisana nokurwiswa nendege dzeKamikaze, ndege makumi mashanu neshanu dzichiita kudenha gumi nenhanhatu. Bva, kusvika kweDhivhizheni yechi 77 kwakabvumikisa kuva kunokosha. Izvi zvakaita kuti 7th Division itangezve kufamba kwayo kuchamhembe, uye vadziviriri vavengi vakakurumidza kudzvanywa pakati pemasimba maviri. Kufamba kuchamhembe, 77th Division yakatarisana nekushorwa kwakasimba kuCamp Downes, prewar Philippine constabulary post. Vachitsigirwa ne306th Infantry Regiment ichangobva kusvika, pamwe ne902nd ne305th Field Artillery Battalions, mauto aGeneral Bruce akasundira mberi uye kupfuura Camp Downes musi wa9 Zvita, uye akapinda muOrmoc City musi wa10 Zvita. Zvikamu zve7th ne77th Infantry zvakabatana zuva rakatevera. Mukutyaira kwayo kwekupedzisira, mauto eU.S. akauraya vavengi vanosvika 1.506 ndokutora vasungwa vanomwe apo vachiramba 123 vakaurawa, 329 vakakuvadzwa uye 13 vakashaika. NeGuta reOrmoc rakatorwa, XXIV Corps neX Corps dzaingova 16 mi (26 km) kure. Pakati pacho paCogan, muvengi wokupedzisira akabuda neidziviriro dzake dzakanamatira pabhokisi rekongiri, kuchamhembe kweOrmoc, uye akachengetwa ne12th Independent Infantry Regiment, akaramba vaAmerica kwemazuva maviri. Musi wa14 December, 305th Infantry yakasvika pachivako chakasimba, ichibatsirwa nemapurisa anorema uye kushandisa flamethrowers uye mabhurudhoza akapfeka zvombo. Kurwisana kworuoko noruoko uye kutungamirira kunokurudzira kweMedal of Honor awardee Captain Robert B. Nett vakachenesa muvengi kubva munharaunda ye blockhouse, apo boka rinotungamirira, E, re 2nd Battalion, 305th Infantry rakafambira mberi kuburikidza nemoto mukuru uye rakauraya varwi veJapan vanoverengeka.  Mubvunzo: Vasungwa vangani vakatorwa?
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