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Leyte Invasion Marks MacArthur Return to Philippines
Gen. Douglas MacArthur announces his return as U S forces land on Leyte gulf beaches. Ground troops seize three beachheads while Allied air and naval power bombard Japanese positions guarding about 225 000 troops in the Philippines. The operation aims to cut Japan’s line of supply and split its Southeast Asia empire.
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Voice of Freedom
Sergio Osmena
Leyte
Philippine
Bataan
Corregidor
Manila
Morotai
Leyte Gulf
Gulf
Walter Krueger
U.S. Army
Central Pacific
Associated Press
First Cavalry
Mindanao
Tacloban
Philippines
Juichi Terauchi
New Guinea
Leyte Island
Milne Bay
Visayas
Luzon
Southwest Pacific
Adm
William F. Hulsey
Third Fleet
Ryukyus
Japan
Formosa
Jonathan Wainwright
U.S. Seventh Fleet
Navy
Far East Air Force
Royal Australian Air Force
Terauchi
14Th Army
Greater East Asia
Dutch East Indies
Borneo
Malaya
Burma
Asia
East Indies
Singapore
Dean Schedler
Schedler
New Britain
Hollandia
Cavite
Australia
Pearl Harbor
Chester W. Nimitz
San Ricardo
Palo
San Jose
Dulag
Fanson
Balikpapan