Kammala wannan jumla: A ranar 17 ga Oktoba, 1944, sojojin Amurka na shida a karkashin jagorancin Janar Janar Walter Krueger,
sun mamaye tsibirin Leyte na Philippines. Wannan aikin shine farkon cikar Janar Douglas MacArthur na alkawarinsa a watan Maris na 1942 ga mutanen Philippines cewa zai 'yantar da su daga mulkin Japan.