Ko taua ra ano, Gen. Sibert whakahau te 1st Cavalry Division ki te whakaoti i te puku ki te tonga. I whakahau te 12th Infantry Regiment ki waho o nga maunga i runga i te ara ki te tonga ki te Highway 2, ka whai i te ahi i te 271st Field Artillery Battalion ki te horoi i te 3 mi (4.8 km) te roa o te huarahi. ki te raki o Ormoc Valley, i tutaki te 32nd Division i te whakaeke whakatau mai i te wehenga 1st Japanese i te Highway 2, i muri i te tonga o Kilay Ridge o te tonga me te neke ki roto i te ngahere ua, i iti te tirohanga me te huna i te hoariri. Ma te whakamahi i te mura mura, grenades, bayonets, me nga waewae o te X Corps ia ra Bruce Bruce i whakahau i te 5th Infantry Regiment ki te whakaoti i te puku ki te tonga. I te 22 o Tihema 1876 i tae atu nga hoia o te 12th Infantry Regiment ki te 32nd Infantry Battalion ki te uru ki te uru, engari i muri i te 12 o
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