<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: NgoNovemba 28 i-40th Infantry Division yagxila eBorgen Bay ukuze ilungiselele ukuhlasela iLuzon, isiqhingi esikhulu kunazo zonke futhi esibaluleke kunazo zonke ePhilippine Islands. Iqembu le-108th Regimental Combat Team - eliqukethe i-108th Infantry Regiment, i-164th Field Artillery Battalion, i-Co. C ye-115th Engineer Combat Battalion, kanye ne-Co. C ye-115th Medical Battalion - lalisendaweni yokugcina ngo-S-Day - 9 Januwari 1945, lapho i-Sixth Army ifika eLingayen Gulf. Ukumelana kwamaJapane kwaqina njengoba ama-GI ayethuthela eningizimu eya eManila, futhi i-108th yalwa izimpi ezinonya zokuthatha iFort Stotsenburg, iClark Field, iTop of the World, iHill 7, neSacobia Ridge. I-43th Infantry Division yakhulula i-40th ngoMashi 2. Ezinsukwini eziyisithupha kamuva i-108th yahlukaniswa futhi yathunyelwa esiqhingini saseLeyte ukuyosiza ekuhlanzeni  <response>: yanqoba amabutho aseJapane. I- 2nd Battalion ye-regiment nayo yasusa iMasbate nezinye iziqhingi zendawo. ELeyte naseMasbate i-108th yalahlekelwa amasosha alinganiselwa ku-19 abulawa kwathi angu-49 alimala. 