N'otu ụbọchị ahụ, Gen. Sibert nyere iwu ka 1st Cavalry Division mezue ụgbọala ndịda. Na Disemba 16, 16th Infantry Division nyere iwu ka 1st Cavalry Division mezue ụgbọala ndịda. Nke 12th Infantry Regiment chụpụrụ n'ugwu na ndịda ọdịda anyanwụ gaa Highway 2, wee soro ọkụ site na 271st Field Artillery Battalion iji kpochapụ 3 mi (4.8 km) nke okporo ụzọ. N'ebe ugwu nke Ormoc Valley, 32nd Division zutere mmegide siri ike site na-agbachitere Japanese 1st Division n'okporo ụzọ okporo ụzọ 2, mgbe ndịda gafere Kilay Ridge ma banye n'oké ọhịa, nke na-egbochi ọhụụ na nzuzo nke onye iro.
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