Rịba ama amaokwu a dị n'okpuru ma zaa ajụjụ ahụ mgbe e mesịrị n'otu asụsụ ahụ dị ka amaokwu ahụ:  N'ikpeazụ, Ọchịagha Arnold malitere ịga n'ihu n'ebe Ormoc dị site n'iji usoro ọhụrụ mee ihe. N'abalị nke 4 Disemba, ụgbọ nke 776th Amphibian Tank Battalion bidoro n'oké osimiri wee gbagoro n'ebe ndịda n'akụkụ ụsọ oké osimiri Leyte wee tinye onwe ha n'ebe ọdịda anyanwụ nke Balogo. Na 5 Disemba, tankị ndị ahụ kwagara n'ime 200 yd (180 m) n'ụsọ osimiri wee gbaa ọkụ n'ugwu n'ihu 17th na 184th Infantry na-aga n'ihu. Usoro a gosipụtara na ọ dị irè, na-emebi ndị na-agbachitere, ma e wezụga ebe ndị agha ala na-ezute akpa ndị iro na azụ azụ n'ime ala, na-echebe site na ọkụ tank. Ngalaba nke asaa gara n'ihu n'ebe ugwu na ndị agha abụọ nke zutere ọkụ ndị iro siri ike na-abịa site na Hill 918, nke enwere ike ileba anya n'ụsọ oké osimiri dum ruo Ormoc City. Ka ọ na-erule December 8, ndị agha America ewerela Ugwu 918, 380 na 606, tinyere ugwu ndị gbara ya gburugburu. Ka ọ na-erule Disemba 12, ndị ọchịagha Arnold na-eduzi battalion erughị 10 mi (16 km) n'ebe ndịda nke Ormoc City.  Ajụjụ: Olee mgbe ụzọ aghụghọ ahụ na-adịghị arụ ọrụ?
ebe ndị agha ala zutere ndị iro n'akpa uwe na-agbanwe agbanwe n'ime ala, na-echebe site na ọkụ tank nke dị n'elu mmiri