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Mensaje: <blockquote data-quote="emilioteles" data-source="post: 1757314" data-attributes="member: 3144"><img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xtp1/v/t1.0-9/11075169_679897585473370_1477968646099992783_n.jpg?oh=0d358adefd2970329e2ca60fa74ed3a7&oe=55BE5C14&__gda__=1438358306_e296c0f5499d4bf3b7c3dc7aa63d8d50" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> A U.S. combat engineer from the 184th Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, searches for buried mines, using a SCR-625 detector on the island of Leyte, in the Philippines. In the background are a couple of wrecked and smoldering Type 95 "Ha-Go" Japanese tanks.184th Regt. at Leyte.On the morning of 20 October 1944, the regiment landed on the beaches near Dulag on the east coast of the island of Leyte. With the beachhead secured, they moved inland. The island provided the Japanese with an ideal defensive terrain, as Leyte is a large island, covered with mountains, rain forests, and swamps. The Japanese were long accustomed to fighting in the jungle, and had over three years of occupation to learn the terrain and plan defenses. Additionally, it was easy for the Japanese to reinforce their garrison on Leyte from Luzon in the north and Mindanao in the south. The Japanese 34th Army, consisting of four divisions, including the infamous 16th Division that was credited for the "Rape of Nanking" and the "Bataan Death March," was the primary opponent on Leyte. The 184th Infantry Regiment pushed through the Dulag Valley and experienced high casualties. When the Japanese counterattacked the 32d Infantry Regiment, which had spread out along the Palanas River, the 184th was sent to reinforce them. Several attacks were repulsed and the enemy was driven into the bamboo thickets. This action later became known as The Battle of Shoestring Ridge.On 28 November 1944, the 11th Airborne Division relieved the division, less the 17th Infantry Regiment. The division then moved to Baybay, and the 184th started a drive from Damulaan towards the port of Ormac. They then seized the town Albuere and had joined up with soldiers of the 77th Infantry Division, which had landed near Ormac. The remainder of the 7th then moved to Ormac to regroup. From there, they spent several weeks landing on and securing several of the small islands that surround Leyte. On 10 February 1945, they were relieved by the Americal Division and started to prepare for the Ryukyus Campaign. When the division left, they were credited with inflicting more than 54,000 enemy deaths.</blockquote>

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