 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - Akadzokera kuAitape kutanga kwaNyamavhuvhu ndokuzofamba achibva ikoko achienda kumahombekombe kuFinschhafen kwaakabva musi wa23 Nyamavhuvhu, akananga kuSolomon Islands. Welles yakasvika paFlorida Island musi wa6 Nyamavhuvhu ndokuva chikamu cheU.S. 3rd Fleet. Iye pakarepo akapinda mukugadzirira nokuda kwokudenha kwePalau kwakanga kwava kuda kuitika. Nokuda kwokurwiswa kwaPeleliu naAngaur, muparadzi pakutanga akaongorora vatakuri vanopa rutsigiro rwemhepo. Pashure pokumhara pakati paSeptember pazvitsuwa zviviri, iye akaparadzaniswa nevatakuri uye akaendeswa kunzvimbo yekutakura kuti ape kudzivirirwa kwepasi pemvura uye kudzivirira chero kuedza kusimbisa zviwi zviviri. Pakupera kwekutora kwake chikamu muPalau operation, akabatana neTG 77.2 ndokutanga kugadzirira kupinda kwePhilippines paLeyte. 