On October 20, 1944, General Douglas MacArthur made his landing to the Philippines, following his well-remembered promise that 'I shall return' when he left the country, then a United States colony, during the Japanese invasion in 1942.
To many, Leyte is best known as the starting point of the liberation of the Philippines during World War II in 1944. For practical reasons, we treat Leyte as one region with good transportation links. The island is divided into two provinces, Leyte province and Southern Leyte the former occupying 75% of the island and the latter the remaining 25%.
San Juanico Bridge near Tacloban Eastern part of Leyte
