<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: Ngo-19 Agasti 1944, umkhumbi-mkhumbi wasuka eNew Guinea futhi wajoyina i-Fast Carrier Task Force TF 38. Waqapha abathwali bezindiza,, futhi, ngenkathi beqala ukuhlasela ngezindiza eBonins, Ulithi, Yap, Palau, Okinawa, eTaiwan, futhi ngenkathi behlinzeka ngosizo lwasemoyeni  <response>: Ukwehla kwezwe lasePhilippines ngo-October 20. Ngenkathi amaJapane eqala ukuhlasela kwamasosha asemanzini amathathu emabuthweni aseMelika eLeyte, iqembu lomsebenzi lika Swanson laqale lasiza ekubuyiseni amandla aseJapane eSan Bernardino Strait phakathi nosuku lwango-Okthoba 24, licwilisa umkhumbi wempi; wabe esegijimela enyakatho ukuyohlasela ibutho laseJapane lokudonsa abathwali ngaphandle kweCape Engaño, eLuzon. Lapho kufika izindaba zokuthi ibutho eliphakathi laseJapane liphinde laguqula inkambo futhi lalisongela iLeyte beachhead, ingxenye yeTF 38 yaphendukela eningizimu futhi. Nokho, i-Swanson yahlala enyakatho futhi yasiza ekuqedeni ukubhujiswa kwabaphathi bezindiza baseJapane. 