MacArthur announced that the 11th Airborne Division was in action on Leyte; in its first combat, the outfit captured a strategic mountain pass, made a junction with the 7th Division and helped mop ...
On Oct. 20, 1944, Gen. Douglas MacArthur returned to the Philippines during the Battle of Leyte in World War II, fulfilling a ...
August: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands: After the first U.S. amphibious landing of ... October: MacArthur's Philippines campaign begins: American forces land on Leyte island. MacArthur wades ashore ...