Perhaps Hazel is talking about the Battle of Manila, in which the U.S. Army landed unopposed at Nasugbu in southern Luzon in the Philippines on January 31 and began moving north toward Manila, but Leonard was actually in northern Luzon at this time having landed instead at Lingayen Bay in mid to late January.
Crawford's was a small grocery chain in the Los Angeles area and had a market in Glendale.
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