<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pana 18 November 1944, 11th Airborne Division yakabatana ne  <response>: Hondo yeLeyte nokumhara pasina anokumhanarira paBito Beach, kure neBito Lake, Leyte. Boka rapamberi rakabva kumuzinda mukuru wedhivhizheni rakanga rabhururuka richibva kuNew Guinea kunosarudza nzvimbo yokudzika musasa kwedhivhizheni. Nemhaka yokuti nzvimbo dzaidiwa zvikuru dzakapoteredza mhenderekedzo yegungwa yokumabvazuva dzakanga dzatorwa kare, Bito Beach yakava nharaunda yokugara kweboka racho. 187th GIR yakamisa bivouac yayo yokutanga pedyo nemusha wePhilippine weAbuyog. Kwemazuva mashomanana okutanga ari paLeyte, varwi vacho vakachenesa uye vakarinda mahombekombe nokuendesa zvinhu zvaiva mumvura kunzvimbo dzokurasira zvinhu, vakavaka musasa mukuru, uye vakagadzirira kurwa kokutanga. Kwaisazotora nguva refu. Musi wa22 Mbudzi, Lieutenant General Walter Krueger, mukuru mukuru weUS Sixth Army, akabatanidza zviri pamutemo 11th Airborne Division kuMajor General John R. Hodges XXIV Corps, inosanganisira 96th Infantry uye 7th Infantry Divisions. General Hodge akarayira General Swing kuti abvise 7th Infantry Division pamwe neBurauen-La Paz-Bugho mutsetse uye aparadze mauto ese eJapan munzvimbo iyoyo, chengetedza uye chengetedza vese mauto uye mauto emhepo munzvimbo yake yekushanda AO, chengetedza Leyte Gulf zvigadziko zvekugovera uye kutumira, uye kuronga mashandiro ne96th Infantry Division padivi rake rekuchamhembe, ichimhanya kazhinji pamutsetse wekumabvazuva-kumadokero kuburikidza neDagami. Swing aiziva kuti simba rekurwa redhivhizheni yake raive nemabhatani manomwe madiki ehondo anotsigirwa nemabhatani matatu epfuti ane makumi maviri nemana 75mm howitzers uye gumi nemaviri akachekwa-off 105mm howitzers. Asi akaisa boka rake muchiito zvishoma nezvishoma sezvo mugariro waida. Usiku humwe chete, boka racho rakabva pakuva basa rokudzivirira muhondo richienda kunorwa zvakananga. 