<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngemva kokulinda isikhashana e-Eniwetok, uMiller wahamba wayohlangana nensali yeqembu lomsebenzi ukuze aqhubeke nokuhlasela e-Iwo Jima naseChichi Jima ngoJulayi 3 kuya kuJulayi 4 nasePalau, Ulithi naseYap ngoJulayi 23 kuya kuJulayi 27. Ngomhlaka 30 Agasti leli butho lahamba ngomkhumbi ukusekela ukufika ePalau ngokuqhuba ukuhlaselwa kwePalau, Mindanao, Leyte, Luzon, neSamar 7 kuya ku-24 Septhemba. Ngo-Okthoba, esebenza e-Ulithi, ithimba lomsebenzi lalilungiselela ukubuyela ePhilippines ngokushaya izikhungo zesitha emikhumbi eRyūkyūs, eTaiwan, naseNingizimu China Sea. Ngomhla ka-20, yaqala ukusekela imisebenzi yama-amphibious  <response>: eLeyte naseSamar. Ezinsukwini ezinhlanu kamuva uMiller wajoyina isikrini se-Task Group 34.5 TG 34.5, wabe esebenza ne-TG 38.2. La maqembu amabili abe esehamba ngomkhumbi eyosiza i-TF 77 eyayibhekene nebutho lesitha eSurigao Strait esigabeni sokuqala seMpi yeLeyte Gulf. 