 Apo Halsey akatora chiremera cheTatu Fleet muCentral Pacific muna June 1944, Carney akamuperekedza saChief of Staff. Carney akabatanidzwa mukupinda kwevapambi vePalau neLingayen, uye Hondo yeGungwa yeLeyte Gulf. Paiva panguva iyi apo Carney akakurumbira akatarisana naHalsey akatsamwa. Munguva yaHalsey kumhanyira kuchamhembe kunotsvaga vatakuri veJapan, akagamuchira mafoni akawanda kubva kuna Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaids Seventh Fleet, vane vatakuri vevatakuri vaive pasi pekurwiswa neboka rehondo reJapan revarwi, cruisers uye vanoparadza. Zvadaro, nguva pfupi pashure pamaawa 10 ousiku, shoko rinonetsa rakagamuchirwa richibva kuna Admiral Chester Nimitz: Kudzokorora, Task Force 34 iri kupi? Nyika inoshamisika. Mugumo womuswe weshoko iri, The World Wonders, wakanga wakagadzirirwa kuva chinhu chinovharidzira chakagadzirirwa kuvhiringidza ma decoder omuvengi, asi wakasiyiwa zvisirizvo mushoko racho parakapiwa kuna Halsey. Bvunzurudzo yacho yakaoneka kuva tsiuro. Halsey anopisa akakanda ngowani yake pabhiriji ndokutanga kutuka. Pakupedzisira Carney akamutarisana naye, achiudza Halsey kuti Rega! Chii chiri kukunetsa? Zvidzore. Halsey akawanazve kuzvidzora kwake, uye gare gare akatendeudzira ngarava kumaodzanyemba kutsigira Seventh Fleet. 