said having these facilities in the province would be a significant advantage not just for Leyte, the site of the famous landings by Allied Forces led by American Gen. Douglas MacArthur in 1944 ...
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 ...