<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngokushintsha komyalo kusuka eSpruance kuya eHalsey ngomhlaka 26 Agasti 1944, wonke amayunithi ashintsha amagama futhi. UMitscher, owayengumshayeli wezindiza kusukela ekuqeqeshweni kwakhe kwasekuqaleni futhi wayenomyalo omuhle wamaqembu ezindiza, wacela ukuthi agcine umyalo we-Fast Carrier Task Force kuze kube yilapho esikhundleni sakhe, u-Admiral John McCain, engaba nesikhathi esifanele sokujwayelana nokuphathwa kweqembu elisebenza nge-carrier. INkosi noNimitz bavumelana. U-Admiral Halsey, njengoSpruance owayengaphambi kwakhe, wahamba ngomkhumbi ne-Fast Carrier Task Force. Amandla akhula aba yi-9 CVs nama-8 CVLs ukulungiselela ukufika  <response>: ELeyte. I-Task Force 38 yayihlanganisa amaqembu amane: I-Task Group 38.1 yayiholwa ngu-Admiral McCain, nomlawuli wayo wangaphambilini, u-Admiral Joseph Jocko Clark, ehlala njengomeluleki, i-Task Group 38.2 yayingaphansi komyalo ka-Admiral Gerald Bogan, i-Task Group 38.3 yayiholwa ngu-Admiral Frederick Sherman, kanti i-Task Group 38.4 yayingaphansi komyalo ka-Admiral Ralph Davison. 