 Striking first at Leyte Island have now been undertaken by the largest ocean-going amphibious force in history, led by Admiral Halsey. General Jonathan Wainwright and some of his men who were captured in the Japanese invasion of the Philippines two and a half years ago, they are still prisoners. The Filipino people, General Douglas MacArthur has returned, accompanied by overpowering military strength and by every able-bodied man who under orders left the Philippines with him.