Logistical Problems in Luzon image - WookieeDavidson

29th July 1945 - Battle of Luzon, The allies arrived to retake the Philippines, by 15th December 1944, the Americans landed on Luzon; the northern tip of the Philippines. Palawan Island, between Borneo and Mindoro, the fifth largest and western-most island of the Philippines, was invaded on February 28, with landings of the Eighth United States Army at Puerto Princesa. The Japanese put up little direct defense of Palawan, but cleaning up pockets of Japanese resistance lasted until late April, with the Japanese using their common tactic of withdrawing into the mountains and jungles, dispersed as small units.

However in some cases, Japanese forces would commit to small sabotage operations to delay american forces across the island

In this Picture a Japanese soldier has distracted the Americans by posing as a Filipino civilian with cows blocking the bridge, forcing the Americans to stop... right into an Ambush