 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Panguva yekurwiswa musi wa15 Gunyana, Tennessee yakaparadzaniswa nePeleliu iri pedyo kuti ibatsire moto wayo pakumhara ikoko. Zuva rakatevera racho, rakadzokera kuAnguar ndokutangazve kurwisa ikoko. Aine chinangwa chokuparadza shongwe yemwenje, Tennessee yakasvika panzvimbo yayo, asi apo yakanga ichidzidzira pfuti dzayo pachinangwa, ngarava yechiedza yakapfura zvombo zvakawanda zvakaparadza shongwe yemwenje. Musi waSeptember 17, 81st Infantry Division yeHondo yakapinda mumhenderekedzo dzegungwa, uye Tennessee yakaramba iri pamhenderekedzo yegungwa kuti ipe rutsigiro rwemoto kwemazuva maviri anotevera. Mauto eAmerica akasangana nokurwisa kwakanyanya, uye mauto eJapan akanga aparadzwa musi wa20 September, achibvumira Tennessee kuenda kuKossol Roads, kwaakazadza mafuta nemagandanga. Musi waSeptember 28, akaenda kuManus muAdmiralty Islands kunotanga kugadzirira mabasa ePhilippines. Ikoko, Rear Admiral Theodore E. Chandler akatsiva Kingman semutungamiriri weBattleship Division Two. 