<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo:  <response>: ukuhlasela kweLeyte kwakudinge ukuba amaJapane enze umzamo omkhulu wokugcina wokubhubhisa imikhumbi yaseMelika. Amayunithi ayo amathathu amakhulu ahamba aya ePhilippines ayokulwa iMpi Yomlando yaseLeyte Gulf, ehlose ukuguqula abathwali bezindiza baka-Admiral William F. Halsey baye ngasenyakatho futhi bashaye amabutho okuhlasela asogwini ngesibhamu esibulalayo. I Healy yajoyina i-Rear Admiral Frederick C. Shermans Task Group 38.3 TG 38.3, eduze neLuzon ngo-Okthoba 24 owahlaselwa ekuseni ngosuku ngendiza esekelwe emhlabathini. Izindiza zeqembu lomsebenzi zahlasela imikhumbi kaVice Admiral Takeo Kurita oLwandle lwaseSibuyan, zacwilisa futhi zalimaza amanye amayunithi asindayo amabutho aseJapane. 