leyte has definitions from the field of military
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[ noun ] (military) a battle in World War II; the return of US troops to the Philippines began with landings on Leyte Island in October 1944; first use of Kamikaze aircraft by the Japanese

Used in print

(Booton Herndon, "From Custer to Korea, The 7th Cavalry"...)

For Marvin_Goulding , like Giovanni_Martini , the bugler boy who carried Custer 's last message , or Margarito_Lopez , the one-man Army on Leyte , was a Garryowen , through and through .

When the Korean_war began , on June 25 , 1950 , the anniversary of the day Custer had gone_down fighting at the Little_Big_Horn and the day the regiment had assaulted the beachhead of Leyte during World_War_2 , , the 7_th_Cavalry was not in the best fighting condition .

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