After nine months of bitter fighting, the end of the Philippine campaign was in sight. Even a few Japanese could see it. In three days 38th Division troops took 46 prisoners, probably a record for any equal period in General MacArthur's campaigns. But the rest of the Japs fought doggedly on.
Their best cave-and-pillbox defense lines were cut through. On Luzon last week they lost their grip on Manila's water supply system when 38th Division troops captured Wawa Dam intact. Santa Fe fell, though some 30,000 enemy troops stood ready to fight it out on the fertile floor of the Cagayan Valley....
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