<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Ngo-November 18, 1944, i- 11th Airborne Division yajoyina iMpi yaseLeyte  <response>: ngokufika ngaphandle kokuphikiswa eBito Beach, ngaseLake Bito, eLeyte. Iqembu eliphambili elivela endlunkulu yebutho lase lihambe ngendiza lisuka eNew Guinea ukuze likhethe indawo yokumisa ikamu lebutho. Ngenxa yokuthi izindawo ezifiselekayo ezisogwini olusempumalanga zase zithathiwe kakade, iBito Beach yaba yindawo yokukhosela. I-187th GIR yasungula indawo yayo yokuqala yokuhlala eduze nedolobhana lasePhilippines i-Abuyog. Ezinsukwini zayo zokuqala ezimbalwa eLeyte, leli butho lahlanza futhi laqapha ulwandle ngokuhambisa izinto zokuphakelayo ezingemuva, lakha ikamu eliyisisekelo, futhi lazilungiselela ukunambitheka kwalo kokuqala kwempi. Kwakungeke kuthathe isikhathi eside. NgoNovemba 22, uLieutenant General Walter Krueger, umlawuli jikelele we-US Sixth Army, wabeka ngokusemthethweni i-11th Airborne Division ku-Major General John R. Hodges XXIV Corps, equkethe i-96th Infantry kanye ne-7th Infantry Divisions. UJenene Hodge wayala uJenene Swing ukuthi akhulule iDivision 7th Infantry eceleni komugqa weBurauen-La Paz-Bugho futhi abhubhise wonke amabutho aseJapan kuleyo ndawo, avikele futhi aqinisekise zonke izikhungo ze-corps kanye ne-air corps endaweni yakhe yokusebenza AO, avikele izisekelo zokuphakelwa kweLeyte Gulf nokuthumela, futhi ahlanganise imisebenzi neDivision 96th Infantry ohlangothini lwakhe olusenyakatho, oluhamba ngokujwayelekile emgqeni osempumalanga nentshonalanga ngeDagami. USwing wayazi ukuthi amandla okulwa esigaba sakhe aqukethe amabutho ezempi amancane ayisikhombisa asekelwa amabutho amathathu e-artillery enama-howitzers angama-75mm angamashumi amabili nane kanye nama-howitzers ayi-105mm ayishumi nambili. Kodwa wayehambisa amabutho akhe kancane kancane njengoba isimo sasifuna. Ngobusuku obubodwa, lesi sigaba sasuka ekubeni indima yokulondoloza endaweni yempi saqala ukulwa ngokuqondile. 