<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Isinyathelo sakhe esilandelayo samyisa eMorotai, isinyathelo sokuya ePhilippines. I-Dashiell yagada futhi yahlunga izithuthi ngesikhathi sokwehla lapho ngomhlaka-18 no-19 Septhemba kanye nokwehla kokuqiniswa komhlaka-1 Okthoba. Wajoyina i-Northern Attack Force ngesikhathi kuqala ukufika eLeyte  <response>: eSan Pedro Bay, ngo-Okthoba 20 futhi ngokushesha wahamba waya eNew Guinea ukuletha izinto zokuhamba enyakatho ukuze kuthunyelwe izinsiza kusukela ngoNovemba 12 kuya ku-16. Waphinde wathatha amasosha nempahla esuka ezisekelweni zaseNew Guinea waya eLeyte phakathi kukaNovemba 24 noDisemba 9. Ezinsukwini ezintathu kamuva yaphuma eLeyte Gulf ihlunga iqembu lama - amphibious elibheke ukuhlasela eMindoro. Ngosuku lwesibili i-kamikaze yaphahlaza umkhumbi, futhi ifulegi ladluliselwa ku-Dashiell ukuze lifike ngomhlaka-15 Disemba. Lapho ebuyela eLeyte, wajoyina ekuvimbeleni ukuhlaselwa kwezindiza zaseJapane ngoDisemba 20. Amadoda akhe ayisithupha alimala kuleso senzo. 