<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: ICalifornia yashiya i-Espiritu Santo ngo-September 17 futhi yadlula ogwini lwaseNew Guinea, lapho amatilosi abheka khona izimpi phakathi kwamabutho aseJapane nawase-Australia phakathi nomkhankaso waseNew Guinea. Umkhumbi wafika eManus ngo-22 Septhemba, lapho kwaqala khona ukulungiselela umsebenzi olandelayo. I- California, futhi eyingxenye yeqembu le-Oldendorf lokuqhumisa, manje elalihlanganisa i- Maryland,,, Tennessee, kanye ne-, lasuka ngo-Okthoba 12 elibheke ePhilippines. Umkhankaso wasePhilippines waqala ezinsukwini ezinhlanu kamuva ngokufika kokuqala kwe-6th Ranger Battalion eziqhingini zaseDinagat naseSuluan. Lokhu kuhlasela kwenze amaJapane aqaphela ukuhlaselwa kwePhilippines okwakuseduze, okwaholela ekusebenzeni kwe-Operation Shō-Gō 1, impendulo ehleliwe ekungeneni kwe-Allied. Izikebhe zokulahla amabhomu eziMfelandawonye zase ziqala ukuhlanza imisele eya eLeyte Gulf ukuze zilungiselele ukuhlasela okukhulu  <response>: ukufikela eLeyte. Ngo-19 Okthoba, kwaqala ukuhlaselwa kwesiqhingi, kwaqhubeka ngosuku olulandelayo njengoba amabutho ayefika ogwini. Kamuva ngalolo suku, indiza yezindiza i-Zero yabhudlukela emkhunjini, enye yezimoto zokuzibulala zokuqala, kodwa umlilo oqinile wezikhali ezilwa nezindiza waphambukisa indiza emzileni wayo futhi yaphahlazeka ngaphandle kokulimala ngakwesokunxele. 