<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Lapho isuka ngo-August 8, 1944, u-Abner Read waya eSydney, e-Australia, ngaphambi kokuba abuyele ePacific. Umshayisibhamu wasekela ukufika kwebutho laseMelika  <response>: ngo-September 15, 1944 esiQhingini saseMorotai eqenjini laseHalmahera. Isinyathelo sakhe esilandelayo kwakuwukushayisa amabhomu ePonam Island e-Admiralty Islands ngo-7 Okthoba 1944. Ngo-17 Okthoba 1944, waqala ukushayela ebheke eLeyte Gulf engena eSan Pedro Bay ngo-20 Okthoba 1944, ukuhlasela iLeyte futhi waqapha amabhishi ezinsukwini ezalandela. 