Maps

1. Pacific Ocean (National Geographic Society Map) Inside back cover

2. Leyte Island Inside back cover

3. Sixth Army Plan, 23 September 1944 32

4. Situation in the Pacific, Mid-October 1944 47

5. X Corps Landings, 20 October 1944 64

6. XXIV Corps Landings, 20 October 1944 73

7. 96th Division Advance, 21–30 October 1944 105

8. 7th Division Advance to Dagami, 21–30 October 1944 125

9. Securing the Tacloban Area, 21–23 October 1944 147

10. Fight for Entrance to Northern Leyte Valley, 21–25 October 1944 158

11. Drive to Jaro, 26–29 October 1944 169

12. Advance to Carigara, 30 October–2 November 1944 177

13. Battle for Northern Entrance to Ormoc Valley, 3–15 November 1944 207

14. Battle for Northern Entrance to Ormoc Valley, 16 November–14 December 1944 225

15. Shoestring Ridge, 23–25 November 1944 255

16. Shoestring Ridge, 26–27 November 1944 261

17. Battle of the Ridges, 5–12 December 1944 267

18. Situation on Leyte, 7 December 1944 274

19. Securing the Southern Entrance to Ormoc Valley, 7–15 December 1944 278

20. Japanese Attack on Burauen Airfields, 6 December 1944 295

21. Mountain Passage, 25 November–22 December 1944 321

22. Seizure of Ormoc Valley, 15–21 December 1944 329

23. Opening the Palompon Road, 22–31 December 1944 348