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 Landing craft loaded with troops from U.S. Sixth Army sweep toward the beaches of Leyte Island as American and Japanese planes battle overhead. Troops watch the drama being written in the skies as they approach the hellfire on the shore, 17 October 1944 .

 The Leyte invasion was the largest amphibious operation mounted by American and Allied forces to date in the Pacific theater. The U.S. Sixth Army under Lt. Gen. Walter Krueger was the main combat force, which consisted of two corps of two divisions each. Maj. Gen. Franklin C. Sibert's X Corps included the 1st Cavalry Division and the 24th Infantry Division.