<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: UBenjamin Ide Wheeler waqhubeka esuka eNdiya eya ePhilippines, ukuze abe yingxenye yemikhumbi yokunikezela eyayisekela  <response>: Impi yaseLeyte kusukela ngo-Okthoba 7 kuya kuDisemba 26 ngo-1944 emkhankasweni wempi yasePacific. Ngaphambi kokuba ikwazi ukufaka ihange eLeyte Gulf, izindiza zoMbuso WaseJapane zaqala ukuyihlasela. Abaqaphi Bamasosha Emikhumbi Yezempi Yase-United States be-SS Benjamin Ide Wheeler kwadingeka bahlasele izibhamu zomkhumbi izikhathi ezingu - 353 ezinsukwini ezingu - 76. Kodwa ngo-October 27, 1944 indiza yebhomu iKamikaze Zero eyayisishayekile futhi ishaya yashayisa kwenye yezindawo zayo zemithwalo. Indiza kanye nebhomu layo elindizayo laqhuma futhi lacwilisa umkhumbi emanzini angamamitha angu-36, i-United States Navy Armed Guard yakwazi ukuqhubeka nokuzivikela, njengoba izibhamu zomkhumbi zazingaphezulu komugqa wamanzi. Kubikwa ukuthi ngalolo suku badutshulwa izindiza ezine. Isisebenzi esisodwa sasolwandle kanye nomqaphi ohlomile babulawa ekuqhumeni. U-Earl Woodring wathola indondo yeBronze Star ngenxa yezenzo zakhe. 