 Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna August 1944 Nicholson akabatana ne3rd Fleet muMarshalls. Yakadzivirira vatakuri vakakurumidza pakurwisa Bonins, Formosa, nePhilippines, ichitsigira kupindirwa kwePalau nekudzivisa kweYap. Achidzokera kuPhilippines, boka rake rakabatsira 7th Fleet munguva yekupinda kweLeyte uye Hondo inokosha yeLeyte Gulf, uko Nicholson akafamba achienda kuSeattle kunovandudzwa. 