<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Kusukela ngo-15 Juni kuya ku-4 Agasti 1944 uDavid W. Taylor wahamba ngomkhumbi phakathi kwezikhumbi ezihambisa imikhumbi nemikhumbi yezikebhe ezisekela umsebenzi waseMarianas. NgoJulayi 4 yena nomshayeli wemikhumbi eyamlandela bahlasela futhi bacwilisa umkhumbi ongaphansi kwamanzi waseJapane. I-Destroyer yajoyina i-3d Fleet ngo-19 Agasti, futhi yaphuma eManus ihlunga iqembu lezinsiza ezixhasa amaqembu asebenzayo okusheshayo okusheshayo ekuhlaseleni kwabo okulungiselela futhi okuhambisana nokubanjwa nokuhlala eningizimu yePalau. Ngesisekelo sayo sokusebenza e-Ulithi kusukela ngo-29 Okthoba, uDavid W. Taylor waqhubeka nokuhlola iqembu lezinsiza kuze kube ngu-22 Novemba lapho ejoyina abathwali bezindiza ekuhlaselweni kweLuzon ukusekela i-  <response>: amabutho ahlaselayo eLeyte. 