<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Isuka eHampton Roads ngoJulayi 19, 1944, iCasa Grande yabambezeleka eBalboa, ePanama Canal Zone ukuze ilungiswe isendleleni eya ePearl Harbor, lapho yafika khona ngo-Agasti 21. Lapha wakhipha izikebhe zokwehla ezalethwa zisuka ogwini olusempumalanga, futhi wafaka amadoda nemishini yokuhlasela i-Yap. Kodwa-ke, lapho efika e-Eniwetok ngoSepthemba 25, wayalelwa ukuba aye eManus Island ukuze alungiselele ukusebenza kweLeyte  <response>: . futhi. Wabelwa iSouthern Attack Force, wangena eLeyte Gulf ngaphandle kwezinkinga, futhi wabamba iqhaza ekuhlaselweni kokuqala ngo-Okthoba 20. Amadoda akhe asebenza ngesivinini esiphezulu ngaphansi kokuhlaselwa yizitha ngenkathi ethula izikebhe zabo zokwehla futhi esebenza nezinye izikebhe ezincane ezibandakanyeka kulokhu kubuyela ngokunqoba ePhilippines, kwathi ngo-Okthoba 22, washiya iHollandia. Ngenyanga eyalandela, wenza uhambo lwezikebhe ezimbili esuka eNew Guinea eya eLeyte, ethutha izinsiza futhi esusa abalimale. 