<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Isherwood yahamba ngomkhumbi eya ePearl Harbor ngo-August 26, 1944 ukuze ihlanganyele ekuhlaselweni kwePhilippines okwakulindeleke isikhathi eside, okwakuhlelelwe u-October. Wafika eManus ngo-Okthoba 4 futhi wangena eLeyte Gulf nebutho lokuhlasela ngo-Okthoba 20, enza imisebenzi yokuhambisa nokuhlola ezinsukwini zokuqala zomsebenzi.  <response>: . futhi. Wabuye wanikeza ukusekelwa kokudubula nomlilo wokukhanyisa ebusuku. I-Isherwood yahlala endaweni yokuhlaselwa ngesikhathi sempi enkulu yezingxenye ezine yeLeyte Gulf 23-26 Okthoba, lapho imikhumbi yaseJapane yaphela khona. Phakathi noNovemba umkhumbi wawuphelezela imikhumbi evela ezikhungweni eziphambili ukuya ePhilippines ukusekela ukwakhiwa lapho. 