 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Usiku mushure mekutanga kwekumhara paLuzon, 9 Ndira 1945, Halsey akatora TF 38 kupinda muSouth China Sea kwevhiki roseumo ngarava dzake nendege dzakatora mutero wakakura wekutakura kweJapan nendege vasati vadzokera kuLuzon Strait musi wa 16 Ndira 1945 ndokudzokera kuGungwa rePhilippine. Mamiriro okunze akaipa akatadzisa ndege dzaHalsey kubhururuka kwemazuva mashomanana akatevera; asi musi wa21 January 1945, dzakabhomba Formosa, Pescadores, uye Sakishimas. Zuva rakatevera racho, ndege dzacho dzakadzokera kuSakishimas neRyūkyūs kuti dziwedzere kubhomba nokuongorora. Fast Carrier Task Force yakanga yaneta yakabva yaenda kuUlithi ndokupinda mugungwa iroro musi wa26. 