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...north, 1st Cavalry Division and 24th Infantry Division units, weary after more than three weeks of steady fighting -Major General Frederick Irving's 24th still bore Leyte's brunt-pushed southward from Carigara Bay, but had advanced no more than two miles by week's end. From the south the 7th and 96th Divisions progressed just as slowly while the Japs prepared for the big battle...
...Nashville bore shoreward. The first land sighted by General MacArthur was the islet of Suluan, the first seen by Magellan when he discovered the Philippines in 1521. The first landings, on Homonhon, where Magellan had made his first landing, and on nearby Dinagat (see below), were only the preliminaries in MacArthur's vast and meticulously planned schedule of operations. His first major goal was Leyte, in the heart of the islands, where devoted Visayan guerrillas had been heard calling by secret radio for help a year...
...crowds who came to the rallies saw a crisp, vigorous young man, usually wearing a neatly pressed dark suit and starched collar, who entered at the precise moment his name was mentioned in the introduction, who had perfect stage presence, who never sweated except when the klieg lights bore down too heavily, a man who made clear, concise-and mercifully short-speeches...
...fighting bore many points of resemblance to the hedgerow warfare in Normandy before the breakout. In bitterness and dreariness it was unexcelled. The stake was high: if the Allies could put Antwerp to speedy use, they might yet ship in enough supplies to launch a major drive across the Westphalian Plain toward Berlin before winter. The Nazis well knew this. They took out additional insurance by destroying Rotterdam, the greatest freight port of The Netherlands...
Said Pravda: "It must be noted that certain political figures in the U.S., instead of exposing these provocateurs, give them full support to inflame their adventurist ambitions. The speech of the Governor of New York, Dewey, at the Pulaski Day demonstration bore precisely such a character...