<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: Ngo-July, i-Iowa yahlala ngaphandle kweMarianas isekela ukuhlaselwa kwezindiza ePalau nokufika eGuam. Ngemva kokuphumula inyanga eyodwa, i- Iowa yasuka e-Eniwetok njengengxenye ye-Third Fleet, futhi yasiza ekusekeleni ukufika ePeleliu ngo-September 17. Wabe esevikela abathwali bezindiza ngesikhathi kuhlaselwa amaPhilippines Ephakathi ukuze asuse amandla ezindiza zesitha ngenxa yokuhlaselwa kwePhilippines okwakulindelwe isikhathi eside. Ngo-October 10, i- Iowa yafika e-Okinawa ukuze yenze uchungechunge lwezibhamu eziqhingini zaseRyukyu naseFormosa. Wabe esekela ukuhlaselwa kwezindiza ngokumelene neLuzon ngo-18 Okthoba futhi waqhubeka nalomsebenzi ngesikhathi sikaGeneral Douglas MacArthur  <response>: ukufika eLeyte ngo-October 20. 