 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi wa 2 Ndira 1945, akabva kuLeyte Gulf muchiratidziro chezvikepe zvehondo uye cruisers muTG 77.2s fire-support unit. Munguva yekusvika kuLuzon, maJapan akaita kuti boka rebasa riitwe nhevedzano yekurwiswa nendege kwakakuvadza ngarava dzinoverengeka. Pakuvamba musi wa9, Bryant yakavhara mhenderekedzo yegungwa kuti ipe rutsigiro rwemoto kuLingayen landings, ipapo yakatenderera nzvimbo yacho, ichitsungirira gungwa rakaoma nemhepo dzakasimba, mukati mevhiki rinotevera kuti iite kuti muvengi asapinda. Pashure peshanyo yamazuva maviri kuLeyte, ngarava yehondo yakapinda mudziva reUlithi musi wa 26 January kwevhiki nhatu dzokuzadzikisa uye kugadzirira kupinda kweIwo Jima.. 