Tacloban: [10], [12], [24], [34], [57], [78], [97], [103]–04, [107], [151], [153], [155], [165], [176], [189], [198], [203], [208], [235], [308]
advance on: [146]–50
airfield: [22]–23, [63], [65], [67], [72], [86], [146], [168], [185], [187], [188], [190], [294], [300]–301, [305], [306]
description of: [146]
importance of, to Japanese: [23]
Japanese air attack on: [86]–88
Japanese defenses at: [22], [52]
Kuroda on airfields: [49]–50
MacArthur at: [152]
plans to take area of: [33], [45], [62]
port facilities at: [190]
Tactical plans, Japanese
appraisal of: [251]–52
for Battle of Leyte Gulf: [89]
for defense of Ormoc: [284], [287], [290]–91
for defense of Philippines: [49]–53
for Leyte Campaign: [111], [221], [275]
for Leyte Valley: [168], [175]–76, [263]
naval, for defense of southwestern Pacific: [54]
for Ormoc Valley: [208], [208n], [217], [235], [254], [313]–14, [321]–22, [323]–25, [331]–32
to retake airfields: [294]–96, [300]–301
of Suzuki for Leyte: [103]–04
Tactical plans, U. S.
air forces, for Campaign: [27]–28
for drive on Ormoc: [206], [209], [217]–18, [221], [222]–23
ground forces for Campaign: [31]–34
at Hill 522: [71]
for Leyte Valley: [107]
naval forces for Campaign: [28]–31
for northern Leyte Valley: [146], [168], [174]–75, [180]–81
for operations on Leyte: [23]–34
for Ormoc area: [275]–80, [284]–85, [313], [315]
for Palompon area: [347]
of 7th Division: [131]–32
for west coast of Leyte: [253], [254]–57, [266]
Tactics, Japanese
on A Day: [78]–80
airborne: [294], [300]–301
ambush: [130]
antitank: [111], [133]
artillery: [252], [257]–58
camouflage: [251]
at Catmon Hill: [111]
counterattack: [69]–70, [75]–76, [109]
deceptive: [151]–52, [164], [209]
demolition: [252]
double envelopment: [158]–59
envelopment: [142]
flanking: [231]
improvisations: [134], [137], [143]–44
infiltration: [12], [44], [72], [89], [251], [260], [295]
mine: [246], [252]
offensive: [257]
preinvasion estimate of: [22]–23
at Red Beach: [68]–70
reverse slope: [251], [267]
roadblock: [148]
sniper: [97]
suicide bombing: [88], [275], [276], [283], [369]
Tactics, U. S.
airdrop: [228], [232], [235], [310]
artillery: [119], [246]
blockhouse: [315]
against bunkers: [148]
at Catmon Hill: [110]–11
deceptive: [353]
defense in depth: [256]
envelopment: [110], [119], [138]–39, [207], [215], [218], [220], [246], [330]
flanking: [177], [179], [213], [234], [239], [246]
frontal assault: [245]
improvisations: [69], [188]
Indian: [315]
infiltration: [239]
mopping-up: [237], [240], [241]–43, [365]
pincers: [33]–34
rear area security: [210], [218], [222], [223], [235], [241]–43
roadblock: [74], [83], [155], [157], [171]–72
smoke: [119], [121], [241]
strafing: [159], [161]
tank-infantry: [77], [113]–14, [130], [133], [136], [142]–43, [178], [246]–47, [270]
withdrawal: [115], [118], [119], [135]
Taglawigan: [357]
Takao, Formosa: [43]
Talisay River: [76]