Kammala wannan jumlar: Sojojin Amurka sun koma Philippines a cikin babban
mamayewa a Leyte farawa a ranar 20 ga Oktoba 1944. Rundunar sojin ruwan Japan ta kai hari kan rundunar mamayewa a ranar 23-26 ga Oktoba a yakin Leyte Gulf, babban yakin ruwan yaki na yakin, amma an kori su da asarar asara. A watan Disamba na 1944 an sake dawo da Fort Wint "ba tare da harbi ba". A farkon Fabrairu 1945 yawancin yankin Manila da wani ɓangare na Bataan sun sami tsaro. Corregidor shine babbar matsala ga sake buɗe Manila Bay zuwa jigilar kayayyaki. An tsara wani aiki mai haɗari don sake dawo da tsibirin ta hanyar kusan lokaci ɗaya da iska da amphibious. An kaddamar da mamayewa a ranar 16 ga Fabrairu kuma an fara kai hare-haren iska da na ruwa. Za a kai harin ne a kan Topside, babban wuri a yammacin tsibirin. Ƙananan yankuna biyu ne kawai, filin wasan da kuma tsohon filin wasan golf, suna samuwa. Babban shirin shi ne na farko da aka kai hari a cikin iska a 0830, saukowa na amphibious a 1030, da kuma hawa na biyu a 1215. Sojojin da ke cikin iska sun kasance 503rd Parachute Regimental Combat Team na Lieutenant Colonel George M. Jones, tare da rundunar bindigogi na parachute. An kai harin amphibious ne ta hanyar karfafawa ta 3rd Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment na 24th Infantry Division.