282 LEYTE 1944: Return to the Philippines

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In August 1944, General Douglas MacArthur kept his word when he led what, at the time, was the largest amphibious assault of the Pacific War on the island of Leyte. In the face of stubborn Japanese resistance, including the first systematic use of Kamikaze attacks, the US forces ground slowly forwards before another amphibious assault took the vital position of Ormoc in the last decisive battle of the campaign.