Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A watan Oktoba na 1944, an sanya Rundunar Soji ta 3 a matsayin "Northern Force" a cikin shirin karfi uku don kayar da mamayar Allied
na Philippines da Japan ke rike da ita. An ba da jiragen ruwa na 3 na jiragen ruwa na jiragen sama guda 108 kuma an aika su don jawo hankalin Amurkawa daga kare jiragen ruwa na jiragen ruwa. A ranar 25 zuwa 26 ga Oktoba, suna fuskantar babban karfi wanda ya hada da masu jigilar Amurka goma, tare da jirage 600 zuwa 1,000, Rundunar Sojoji ta 3 ta rasa masu jigilar jiragen sama 4, wani jirgin ruwa mai haske da mai hallaka a yakin Cape Engaño. Rundunar ta 3 ta daina wanzuwa, kuma an soke shi a ranar 15 ga Disamba, 1944.