Note 55 — Chapter IX · Northern Leyte Valley: Part One

At 1330 the regimental headquarters of the 19th Infantry moved into Palo. The regiment’s 3d Battalion relieved the 2d Battalion at the same time, thus enabling the latter to attack Hill B at 1425.55 The 3d Battalion spent the rest of the day and the following day mopping up in Palo and sending probing patrols southward in order to make contact with the XXIV Corps.56 A patrol in Palo killed seven Japanese dressed in civilian clothing, one of whom, a lieutenant, had his insignia pinned inside his clothes.57