Word: catbalogan
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Samar (5,040 square miles to Leyte's 2,713), U.S. troops landed without opposition; the Japs had evidently-and fruitlessly-withdrawn their troops from Samar to Leyte. In tanks and trucks the Americans raced 45 miles up the west coast road of Samar, captured the capital, Catbalogan, kept going. Samar was soon "completely in American hands." President Osmeña said he expected to have its civilian government functioning in two weeks...
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