 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Rusununguko rwakadzokera kuUlithi kuzorora kwenguva refu uye kuzadza 9 kusvika 14 Mbudzi, asi munguva pfupi yakatanga kushanda kunze kwePhilippines pakurwiswa kweusiku uye mabasa ekuzvidzivirira. Chikamu ichi chakapfuurira kusvikira pana 30 December 1944, apo boka rinoshanda rakabuda muUlithi zvakare ndokufamba kuchamhembe. Kubvira musi wa3 kusvika musi wa9 January 1945, ngarava idzi dzakatsigira ngarava dzeLingayen dzakasvika kuLuzon, pashure pacho Halsey akatora ngarava dzake achienda kuSouth China Sea.. Mumazuva akatevera ndege dzakarova nzvimbo dzendege paFormosa uye pamhenderekedzo dzeIndo-China neChina. Aya mabasa mukutsigira mushandirapamwe wePhilippines akacherechedza kuguma kwemabasa ehusiku anotakura, uye akafamba 30 January 1945 nokuda kwekugadzirisa paPearl Harbor. 