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Flew hazardous unarmed reconnaissance missions over enemy-held territory in Guadalcanal; New Guinea; Northern Solomon Islands; Bismarck Archipelago; Western Pacific; Leyte; Luzon; Southern Philippines; Central Burma and southeast China.
Cooper often anchors the program from the site of a major news story, such as his extensive coverage from New Orleans and the Gulf Coast in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the BP Oil Spill, as well as Port-au-Prince after the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and also from the storm zone in Tacloban, Leyte during the aftermath of Super Typhoon Haiyan.
In addition to serving to evacuate casualties to New Zealand, his ship was involved in several of the Pacific island assaults (Guam, Leyte, Okinawa).
During the campaign to recapture the Philippines, pilots of the 25th Liaison Squadron flew a dozen L-5 aircraft in short 30-minute flights (Dec. 10-25, 1944) delivering supplies (including a 300-bed hospital) to the 6,000 men of the 11th Airborne Division isolated in the mountains of Leyte.
When Charles III of Spain ordered the expulsion of the Jesuits from all Spanish dominions in 1767, the Jesuit mission on Leyte was handed over to the Augustinians.
The last three words—probably selected by a communications officer at Nimitz's headquarters—may have been meant as a loose quote from Tennyson's poem on "The Charge of the Light Brigade", suggested by the coincidence that this day, 25 October, was the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Balaclava—and was not intended as a commentary on the current crisis off Leyte.
He upholds BLTBCo’s status as one of the country’s best transportation enterprises at present that services people from the southern part of Luzon and Leyte/Samar.
Canigao Island, an islet located in the Philippines, near the municipality of Matalom
On that day, near Limon in the Philippine province of Leyte, Vlug single-handedly destroyed five enemy tanks.
Ted Failon, current news anchor for ABS-CBN and former representative of the 1st district of Leyte from 2001–04
Due to the aftermath of Typhoon Yolanda last November 8, 2013, the station simulcasted the radio programs of DZMM Radyo Patrol 630 from Manila to provide news updates and public service for the survivors of the calamity because many homes in Leyte has no electricity because of the typhoon.
The orchids are of the Phalaenopsis x intermedia variety, also known as the Star of Leyte, which was originally found in Southern Leyte.The orchid variety is the provincial flower of the province.
Recent surveys have found A. jubatus roosting with P. vampyrus on the islands of Bohol, Boracay, Cebu, Leyte, Luzon, Mindanao, Mindoro, Negros and Polillo.
Cruiser Division 4, consisting of cruisers and battleships, supported carrier operations and provided fire support for the landings in the Marshalls, Palaus, Marianas, and Leyte.
He was awarded a second Legion of Merit for the development of the Leyte-Samar area into a large naval base and assisting in the planning and construction of an air station, air strips, a fleet hospital, the Navy Receiving Station at Tubabao, a Navy Supply Depot, an ammunition depot and a ship repair base at Manicani.
Surrounded by Macatan Channel,Cabahug Sea.Looc has many major industries coming from Bohol, Leyte and etc.The Ouano Wharf which the ship is landing coming from Boho and etc.
On the morning of October 26, 1901 Midshipman Noa, with an armed crew of six men, put off from the Mariveles in a small boat to watch for craft engaged in smuggling contraband from the island of Leyte to Samar.
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On the morning of 26 October 1901, Midshipman Noa, with an armed crew of six men, put off from Mariveles in a boat to watch for small craft engaged in smuggling contraband from the island of Leyte to Samar When ready to return to Mariveles, they found the wind and the tide against them.
The diocese comprises the entire province of Southern Leyte, and the towns of Matalom, Bato, Hilongos, Hindang, Inopacan and Baybay in the province of Leyte, with the Maasin Parish Cathedral as the seat of the diocese.
Museum records indicate that the Malay civet also occurred on the Indonesian islands of Java, Bawal and Telok Pai, and on the Philippine island Leyte.
Malitbog Geothermal Power Station is a 232.5 MW geothermal power plant and is the world's largest geothermal power plant under one roof located in Malitbog, Kanangan, Leyte, Philippines.
During fighting in the Philippines the Group was responsible for covering convoys and supporting Army and Filipino guerillas on the islands of Negros, Mindanao, Cebu and Leyte.
Before Ferdinand Magellan discovered the Philippines, a sea-faring people lived along the banks of the Matalom River and also on the islet of Canigao (formerly Comigao).
He was awarded the Navy Cross for commanding Columbia during the amphibious landings on Leyte and during the Battle for Leyte Gulf from October 17, 1944 to October 29, 1944.
The Visayan Miniature Babbler is found on the islands of Samar, Leyte and Biliran in the central Philippines, whereas the Mindanao Miniature Babbler is restricted to Mindanao only.
The office drew up defense plans for the islands of Luzon, Cebu, Negros, Panay, Leyte, Mindanao, Bohol, Mindoro, and many of the smaller islands.
Panaon Island, an island of the Philippines in the province of Southern Leyte
He maintained an Operations Board at his headquarters at Tolosa, Leyte, on which was kept a running record of the scheduled and actual arrival and departure of vessels of all categories in the area under his cognizance.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Palo is a large administrative diocese of the Catholic Church in the town of Palo in Leyte province, Philippines.
Samar and Leyte, two civil provinces in the Visayan group of the Philippines, which include the islands of Balicuatro, Batac, Biliran, Capul, Daram, Homonhon, Leyte, Manicani, Panaon, Samar and several smaller islands, make up the diocese of Calbayog, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Manila.
In the Surigao Strait between Leyte and Dinagat Islands on the evening of 24 October 1944, he contacted the U.S. 7th Fleet under Rear Admiral Jesse Oldendorf, which consisted of six battleships, eight cruisers, 29 destroyers, and 39 motor torpedo boats.
In early December the ship sailed from Tacloban in a convoy of 40 ships bound for Leyte.
With Leyte secured, he assumed command of the 5th Marine Division which was planning for the invasion of Japan.
Romney served in Okinawa and Leyte during WWII as an infantryman in the 96th Infantry Division as a radio operator and an assistant to a Methodist chaplain.
Upon return the MEU was deployed in an humanitarian aid/disaster relief mission to Leyte, The Republic of the Philippines, to support efforts following their disastrous mountain mud slide.
Dickinson was the first to report many wartime events and the only reporter to land on Leyte from the same landing barge as Gen. Douglas MacArthur.
Promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral in early 1944, he was Commander of the Seventh Fleet's Amphibious Group 8 from August 1944 to March 1945, participating in landings at Morotai, Leyte, Lingayen and elsewhere in the Philippines.
Babae sa Breakwater is a film about a man Basilio (Kristoffer King), who escapes from provincial Leyte to the slums of Manila with his younger brother Buboy (Alcris Galura).