<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: Njengoba yayisanda kuqalisa ngo-August 8, 1944, i-Abner Read yahamba yaya eSydney, e-Australia, ngaphambi kokuba ibuyele ePacific. Umshayisibhamu wasekela  <response>: Ibutho LaseMelika lifika ngo-15 Septhemba 1944 esiqhingini saseMorotai eqenjini laseHalmahera. Isinyathelo sakhe esilandelayo kwakuwukushayisa amabhomu ePonam Island e-Admiralty Islands ngo-7 Okthoba 1944. Ngo-17 Okthoba 1944, waqala ukushayela ebheke eLeyte Gulf engena eSan Pedro Bay ngo-20 Okthoba 1944, ukuhlasela iLeyte futhi waqapha amabhishi ezinsukwini ezalandela. 