Note 15 — Chapter XX · Seizure of Ormoc Valley

Since the fall of Valencia might break the organized resistance of the Japanese in Ormoc Valley, General Bruce decided to push forward rapidly and take the barrio before the enemy could regroup.15 General Krueger asked General Whitehead for air strikes against Valencia. If the weather permitted, a strike would be made at 0900 and another would be delivered on call. In addition, nearly all available artillery of the division that could arrive within firing distance, as well as the 226th Field Artillery Battalion from positions east of the mountains near Daro, would shell the town until ordered to lift the fire.