<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: i-Wichita isuke eGuam ngo-10 Agasti, ibheke e-Eniwetok. Wafika ezinsukwini ezintathu kamuva futhi wahlala lapho kwaze kwaba nguJulayi 29, lapho eqala khona ukujoyina i-Task Group 38.1. Wenza ukuhlolwa kweqembu lomsebenzi we-fast carrier ngenkathi beqala ukuhlaselwa kwezindiza ezinhlosweni zaseJapane ePalau, eCarolines, ePhilippines naseDutch East Indies. Ngo-Agasti 28, i-TG 38.1 yashaya izinhloso ePalau naseMorotai. Maphakathi no-September, i-TG 38.1 yanikeza ukusekelwa emoyeni  <response>: ukuhlaselwa kweMorotai; ukusebenza kwaqhubeka kwaze kwaba ngu-21 Septhemba. Ngosuku olulandelayo, abathwali bezindiza bahlasela iManila ePhilippines. Ekuseni ngo-September 22, izindiza zaseJapane zaqala ukuhlasela. Ngo-07:34, i-Wichita yabulala ibhomu cishe ngamamitha angu-50 ukusuka kuyo. Wadubula omunye umshayeli webhomu ngo-07:45. Waqhubeka nokuvikela abathwali bezindiza ngenkathi behlasela izikhungo zaseJapane eCebu, eNegros, naseCoron. 