<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Ekupheleni kuka - 1944, uHayler nemikhumbi yakhe babebe besekela ukuhlasela kwama - amphibious eLeyte  <response>: , umsebenzi omkhulu kunayo yonke yasolwandle eningizimu-mpumalanga yePacific Area futhi wathola iLegion of Merit yakhe yesibili ngokuhola imikhumbi yakhe. Wakhishwa ngoMashi 1945 futhi wayalelwa ukuba abuyele e-United States, lapho akhonza khona njengelungu le-General Board of the Navy kuze kube sekupheleni kweMpi. 