Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan aikin aiki a yankin Hollandia, an sanya Rukunin na 24 ga X Corps na Sojojin Amurka na shida a shirye-shiryen mamaye Philippines. A ranar 20 ga Oktoba, 1944, an haɗa rukunin tare da Rukunin Sojoji na 1 a cikin X Corps, kuma rukunin biyu sun kai hari a Leyte, da farko sun haɗu da juriya mai sauƙi. Bayan shan kashi a teku a ranar 26 ga Oktoba, Jafananci sun kaddamar da wani babban, wanda ba a daidaita shi ba
da ya kai farmaki kan rundunar Soji ta shida. Rukunin na 24 ya hau kwarin Leyte, ya ci gaba zuwa Jaro kuma ya kama Breakneck Ridge a ranar 12 ga Nuwamba, 1944, a cikin mummunan fada.