Category: Battle of Leyte

Categories: Philippines Campaign (1944-1945)

The Battle of Leyte in the Pacific campaign of World War II was the amphibious invasion of the Gulf of Leyte in the Philippines by American forces and Filipino guerrillas under the command of General Douglas MacArthur, who fought against the Imperial Japanese Army in the Philippines led by General Tomoyuki Yamashita from 17 October - 26 December 1944. The operation code named King Two launched the Philippines campaign of 1944–45 for the recapture and liberation of the entire Philippine Archipelago and to end almost three years of Japanese occupation.

See:

• Wikipedia:Battle_of_Leyte

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Virgil Bailey 03 Oct 1924 Pittsfield, Warren County, Pennsylvania, USA - 18 Oct 1999

Wesley Boerner 14 Mar 1918 Durant, Bryan, Oklahoma, United States - 08 Jan 2010

Cary Braddy 21 Dec 1918 Dublin, Laurens, Georgia, United States - 21 Apr 1945

James Braddy 03 Nov 1916 Dublin, Laurens, Georgia, United States - 11 Oct 2001

Clovis Byers 05 Nov 1899 Ohio, USA - 13 Dec 1973

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Clifford Colyer 25 Jul 1909 Juniata County, Pennsylvania, USA - 18 Nov 1997

Thomas Cooley 26 Jun 1893 Grass Valley, Nevada, California, United States - 28 Nov 1959

Rufus Cranford 27 Nov 1922 Wilkinson, Georgia, United States - 18 Jan 2007

George Crume 08 Jul 1919 Yale, Payne, Oklahoma, United States - 05 May 1945

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Desmond Doss 07 Feb 1919 Lynchburg, Lynchburg City, Virginia, United States - 23 Mar 2006

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Albert Johnson 20 Dec 1919 Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States - 30 Apr 2012

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Thomas (Kincaid) Kinkaid 03 Apr 1888 Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States - 17 Nov 1972

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Paul Laxalt 02 Aug 1922 Reno, Washoe, Nevada, United States - 06 Aug 2018

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William Marshall 15 Feb 1903 Henderson, Kentucky, United States - 27 Apr 1983

Ernest Miller 17 Nov 1911 Canadian, Oklahoma, United States - 20 Oct 1944

Lewis Moran 03 Jul 1922 Eckley, Yuma, Colorado, United States - 25 Oct 1944

Alfred Mueller 25 Jun 1925 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States - 25 Nov 2010

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Wallace Orr 13 Jun 1915 Hamilton, Hancock, Illinois, United States - 27 Dec 2005

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Robert Painter 21 Jan 1921 Jackson, Tennessee, United States - 28 Oct 1944

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William Rhodes 01 Apr 1919 Darlington, South Carolina, United States - 21 Aug 2005

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Andrew Stephenson 14 Feb 1912 Joplin, Jasper, Missouri, United States - 07 Nov 2003

Arthur Struble 28 Jun 1894 Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States - 01 May 1983

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Emmett Wise 27 Aug 1918 Near Kirk, Colorado - 23 Oct 1944

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