<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ihlukaniswe ne-7th Amphibious Force ngoFebhuwari 20, Peiffer yabhalisela ukusebenza nePhilippine Sea Frontier, lapho yahlala khona ezinyangeni zokugcina zeMpi Yezwe II. Phakathi naleso sikhathi, waphazamisa ukuhambisa ama-inter-island of convoy kanye nemisebenzi yokuqapha i-anti-submarine kanye kuphela, ngasekupheleni kukaJulayi, ukuhambisa eGuam. Ebuyela eLeyte ngo-Agasti 10, wahlala eMpumalanga Ekude ngemuva kokuzinikela kwamaJapane  <response>: ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezalandela zazulazula emanzini asePhilippines, zahambisana namaqembu ayeya e-Okinawa, futhi, ngaphambi kokuya e-United States, zahambisa abantu eShanghai. NgoNovemba 24 wasuka ogwini lwaseChina, futhi ngemuva kokubuyela ePhilippines, waya empumalanga. 