<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngemva kwemikhankaso yaseGuadalcanal naseTarawa, uGeneral Bourke wabelwa njengomphathi wezikhali we-V Amphibious Corps ekuhlaselweni kweSaipan. Wabe eseqeqesha ama-Army-Marine artillery units for the XXIV Army Corps, wabe eselungiselela ukusebenza kweLeyte  <response>: . futhi. Njengoba iLeyte yayisivikelekile, wathatha umyalo we-5th Marine Division eyayihlela ukuhlasela iJapane. 