Later, the Leyte operating was joined by the US 11th Airborne Division, the only complete airborne division in the Pacific
Theater. My dad who is still with us was an original member of the 511th PIR, the largest regiment of the 11th AB. They swept across the width of Leyte thru mountain jungles to Ormoc.
It looks like the 11th Airborne will arrive at Leyte on November 11. My father will arrive with the 32nd ID three days later. They had to wait until then because the transports that brought the initial landing force had to turn around and go back to New Guinea to pick up the reinforcements.