On 4 January 1945, Hunt received orders to implement Operations Plan 12, which called for five days of attacks in preparation for the Luzon invasion, including an attack on the San Quentin Japanese garrison. Just during the five days before the American landings on Luzon, the guerrilla battalion under Hunt's command was credited with killing over 3,000 Japanese soldiers in numerous ambushes and raids. On 10 January, he made contact with General Walter Krueger, and on 22 January, received orders to proceed to 25th Division headquarters in Manoag, to meet Lapham for the first time.