 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi wa12 Gumiguru, mutakuri anotakura akafamba kubva kuManus muRear Admiral Thomas L. Spragues Escort Carrier Group kuti ape rutsigiro rwemhepo pakumhara paLeyte Gulf. Yakasvika kuPhilippines mazuva akati gare gare, uye ndege dzayo dzakatanga kurwisa zvivako zvemuvengi muVisayas kusvika 25 October. Yakapa rutsigiro rwemhepo kumasimba ekurwisa ne anti-submarine uye kurwisa mhepo patrol uye kurwisa zvivako zveJapan pamhenderekedzo. 