Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A ranar 28 ga Nuwamba, an tattara Rukunin Sojoji na 40 a Borgen Bay don shirya don mamaye Luzon, mafi girma kuma mafi mahimmanci na tsibirin Philippine. The 108th Regimental Combat Team <unk> wanda ya kunshi 108th Infantry Regiment, 164th Field Artillery Battalion, Co. C na 115th Engineer Combat Battalion, da Co. C na 115th Medical Battalion <unk> sun kasance a cikin ajiya a ranar S-Day <unk> 9 ga Janairu, 1945, lokacin da Sojoji na shida suka sauka a Lingayen Gulf. Rashin juriya na Jafananci ya tsananta yayin da GIs suka koma kudu zuwa Manila, kuma 108th ya yi yaƙe-yaƙe don mallakar Fort Stotsenburg, Clark Field, Top of the World, Hill 7, da Sacobia Ridge. Rukunin Sojoji na 43 ya sauƙaƙe na 40 a ranar 2 ga Maris. Kwana shida bayan haka an raba 108th kuma aka aika zuwa tsibirin Leyte don taimakawa wajen tsaftacewa
sojojin Japan da aka ci. Rukunin na 2 na rundunar ya kuma share Masbate da sauran tsibiran da ke kusa. A Leyte da Masbate 108th sun rasa kimanin sojoji 19 da aka kashe da 49 da suka ji rauni.