<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: Ngo-August 1944 uNicholson wajoyina uMkhumbi Wesithathu eMarshall. Wavikela abathwali bezindiza abasheshayo ekuhlaseleni iBonins, iFormosa, nePhilippines, esekela ukuhlasela iPalau nokungasebenzi kweYap. Ebuyela ePhilippines, iqembu lakhe lasiza i-7th Fleet ngesikhathi se  <response>: ukuhlaselwa kweLeyte kanye neMpi enqumayo yeLeyte Gulf, lapho i- Nicholson yahamba khona ukuze ilungiswe eSeattle. 