Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana October 20, 1944, mauto aKrueger's Sixth Army akasvika paLeyte
, apo MacArthur akatarira ari kure. Masikati iwayo akasvika pamhenderekedzo. Kufambira mberi kwacho kwakanga kusati kwafambira mberi zvikuru; vapfuri vakanga vachiri kushanda uye nharaunda yacho yakanga ichipfurwa nemarobhoti nguva nenguva. Apo igwa rake raibata hove rakamira mumvura yakadzika kusvika pamabvi, MacArthur akakumbira ngarava yokumhara, asi mutarisiri wepamhenderekedzo akanga akabatikana zvikuru zvokuti aisagona kuita zvaakanga akumbira. MacArthur akamanikidzwa kupinda mugungwa. Mukutaura kwake kwakagadzirirwa iye akati: