<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ukusuka eHollandia, eNew Guinea, ngo-Okthoba 12, 1944, iGallup yayiyingxenye yesikrini seqembu elisebenzela ukuhlasela  <response>: eLeyte eziQhingini zasePhilippines. Ngo-17 Okthoba 1944, wabhodloza indawo engasogwini yaseDinagat, kwathi ngosuku olulandelayo washanela umsele wangena eLeyte Gulf njengoba amabutho ase-US ayelungele ukuhlasela. Wabe eseqala ukuqapha ama-anti-submarine kanye nama-anti-mine eduze neBlack Beach, ukuhlunga imikhumbi eyayisebenza emisebenzini yokwehla. Njengoba yayihlala isikhathi esiningi ngaphandle kweDesolation Point, yaqoqa ulwazi lwamagagasi nolwe-hydrographic, yasebenza njengesikebhe sokuthumela kanye nokuhambisa ngomzila osusuliwe eGulf of Leyte, yaqondisa imikhumbi nemikhumbi engenayo ngomzila, futhi yasebenza njengesikebhe sokulawula ukungena ethekwini ngesikhathi sokufika. Wenza le misebenzi, isikhathi esiningi ngesimo sezulu esivunguvungu, ngesikebhe sakhe sodade kanye nomkhumbi omkhulu wokuhamba ngezinyawo futhi, ngaphambi kokuthunyelwa ohambweni lokuhambisa eHumboldt Bay, eNew Guinea, ngoNovemba 28, 1944, ethinta iSan Pedro Bay ePhilippines, iKossol Roads ePalau Islands, naseManus e-Admiralty Islands en route. 