<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: Isithwali sasuka e-Eniwetok ngo-Agasti 29 futhi sahamba ne-TF 38, ngaphansi komyalo ka-Adm. UWilliam F. Halsey ukuhlasela emoyeni ePeleliu nasezindaweni zezindiza ePhilippines njengezinyathelo zokuqala ekuhlaselweni kwePalau kusukela ngo-15 kuya ku-20 Septhemba 1944. Phakathi no-October, wasebenza eFormosa naseziQhingini zasePescadores. Kamuva ngaleyo nyanga, i-TF 38 yasekela  <response>: ukufikela eLeyte. Imizamo yamaJapane yokumisa ukuqhubekela phambili kwe-US yayihlanganisa ukuhlaselwa okuphikisayo ngamayunithi amakhulu emikhumbi etholakalayo Operation Sho-Go. Ngo-Okthoba 24, izindiza ze- Langley zabamba iqhaza eMpini yoLwandle lwaseSibuyan. Izindiza ze-TF 38 zahlasela i-Japanese Center Force, njengoba yayibheke eSan Bernardino Strait kanye ne-American beachhead eTacloban. Amayunithi aseJapane ahoxa okwesikhashana. Ngosuku olulandelayo, ngemva kokuthola isigijimi sezindiza zaseJapane ezisenyakatho yeLeyte, i-TF 38 yashesha ukuyithumba. Empini eyalandela yaseCape Engaño, amaJapane alahlekelwa yizithwali ezine, imikhumbi yempi emibili, imikhumbi yempi emine esindayo, umkhumbi wemikhumbi elula owodwa, nemikhumbi yempi emihlanu. Izindiza zika Langley zasiza ekubhujisweni kwezindiza Zuihō kanye ne Zuikaku, eyokugcina eyukuphela kwezindiza ezisele kweziyisithupha ezazibambe iqhaza ekuhlaselweni kwePearl Harbor. 