 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - 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 panguva yekupinda kweLeyteuye Hondo inokosha yeLeyte Gulf, iyo Nicholson yakabva kwairi kuti igadziridzwe muSeattle. 