<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: Isinyathelo sakhe esilandelayo samyisa eMorotai, okuyilapho afika khona ePhilippines. I-Dashiell yagada futhi yahlunga izithuthi ngesikhathi sokwehla lapho ngomhlaka-18 no-19 Septhemba kanye nokwehla kokuqiniswa komhlaka-1 Okthoba. Wajoyina iNorthern Attack Force ngesikhathi sokuqala  <response>: I-Leyte e-San Pedro Bay, ngo-Okthoba 20 futhi yahamba ngokushesha eya eNew Guinea ukuletha izithuthi ngasenyakatho 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. 