Note 7 — Chapter XIII · The Mountain Barrier: Part Two
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At the same time General Krueger proposed that as soon as there were sufficient troops and supplies available, an amphibious landing be made near Ormoc to capture the town. This operation would speedily reduce the Japanese opposition south of Ormoc, cut the enemy’s line of communication at Ormoc, and place the hostile forces in Ormoc Valley “in a vise which could shortly squeeze them into extermination.”7