<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngo-August 1944 uNicholson wajoyina i-3rd Fleet eMarshalls. Wavikela abathwali bezindiza abasheshayo ekuhlaseleni iBonins, iFormosa, nePhilippines, esekela ukuhlasela iPalau nokungasebenzi kweYap. Ebuyela ePhilippines, iqembu lakhe lasiza i-7th Fleet ngesikhathi sokuhlasela iLeyte  <response>: futhi iMpi enqumayo yaseLeyte Gulf, lapho i-Nicholson yahamba khona ukuze i-Seattle ilungiswe. 