 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - U.S. Eighth Army yakabva yaenda kunogara kuMindanao kokutangaApril 17, chitsuwa chokupedzisira pazvitsuwa zvikuru zvePhilippines chakakundwa. Mindanao yakateverwa nokupinda uye kubatwa kwePanay, Cebu, Negros uye zviwi zvinoverengeka muSulu Archipelago. Zvitsuwa izvi zvakagovera nzvimbo dzeU.S. Fifth neThirteenth Air Forces kurwisa zvinangwa muPhilippines yose neSouth China Sea. 