 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nzira yakanga yava pachena nokuda kwokupinda muLuzon. Panguva ino, zvichibva pakududzira kwakasiyana kwedata rekuchenjera rakafanana, Chikamu cheG-2 chaWilloughby kuGHQ chakafungidzira simba remauto aGeneral Tomoyuki Yamashita kuLuzon pa137,000, nepo iro reChitanhatu Mauto rakafungidzira pa234,000. Brigadier General Clyde D. Eddleman weChitanhatu Army akaedza kutsanangura zvikonzero zvekuongororwa kweChitanhatu Army, asi mhinduro yaMacArthur yaive Bunk!. Akanzwa kuti kunyange fungidziro yaWilloughby yakanga yakakwirira zvikuru. Kushinga, ngozi yakarangarirwa, uye chinangwa chakarongwa zvakajeka zvakanga zviri zvinhu zvaMacArthur, uye akanga akagadzirira kufuratira fungidziro dzoruzivo. Zvisinei, fungidziro dzose dzakanga dzakaderera zvikuru: Yamashita akanga ane mauto anopfuura 287 000 paLuzon. Panguva ino MacArthur akafamba pa, achiona sezvo ngarava yacho yakapotsa yarovha nebhomba uye torpedo dzakapfurwa nezvikepe zvomugungwa zviduku. Chiziviso cheGHQ chakarava, kuti: Hondo yokupedzisira yokusunungurwa kwePhilippines uye kudzora Southwest Pacific yava pedyo. General MacArthur ndiye ari kutungamirira pachake pamberi uye asvika namapoka ake okurwisa. 