Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Gen. Arnold pakupedzisira akavamba kufambira mberi kwake akananga kuOrmoc nenzira itsva. Usiku hwaDecember 4, motokari dze776th Amphibian Tank Battalion dzakasimuka dzichienda kumaodzanyemba dzichitevedza mhenderekedzo yeLeyte ndokupinda munzvimbo dzekumadokero kweBalogo. Musi waDecember 5, matangi akafamba kusvika pamakumi maviri emamita kubva kumahombekombe uye akapfura mumakomo pamberi pe17th ne184th Infantry. Nzira iyi yakaratidza kubudirira, ichivhiringidza zvikuru vadziviriri, kunze kwokunge mauto epasi akasangana nemapoketi emuvengi pamakomo akapindana mukati, akadzivirirwa kubva pamoto wetangi rekumahombekombe. Chikamu chechinomwe chakasundira kuchamhembe nemapoka maviri ayo akasangana nemoto unorema wevavengi unobva kuHill 918, kubva kwaigona kucherechedzwa kumahombekombe ese kuenda kuOrmoc City. Pakazosvika 8 December, mauto eAmerica akanga atora Makomo 918, 380 uye 606, pamwe chete nemakomo akapoteredza. Pakazosvika 12 December, battalion yaGen. Arnold yakanga isingasviki 10 mi (16 km) kumaodzanyemba kweOrmoc City.  Mubvunzo: Ndirini apo mutoo wacho usina kushanda?
uko mauto epasi akasangana nemapoketi omuvengi pamakomo akapindana mukati, akadzivirirwa kubva pamoto wetangi rekumahombekombe