<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngokuguqulwa komyalo kusuka eSpruance kuya eHalsey ngo-Agasti 26, 1944, wonke amayunithi ashintsha amagama futhi. UMitscher, owayengumshayeli wezindiza kusukela ekuqeqeshweni kwakhe kwasekuqaleni futhi wayenomyalo omuhle wamaqembu ezindiza, wacela ukuthi agcine umyalo we-Fast Carrier Task Force kuze kube yilapho esikhundleni sakhe, u-Admiral John McCain, engaba nesikhathi esifanele sokujwayelana nokuphathwa kweqembu elisebenza nge-carrier. INkosi noNimitz bavumelana. U-Admiral Halsey, njengoSpruance owayengaphambi kwakhe, wahamba ngomkhumbi ne-Fast Carrier Task Force. Amandla akhula aba ama-CV ayisishiyagalolunye nama-CVL ayisishiyagalombili ukulungiselela i-  <response>: ukufikela eLeyte. I-Task Force 38 yayihlanganisa amaqembu amane: I-Task Group 38.1 yayiholwa ngu-Admiral McCain, nomlawuli wayo wangaphambilini, u-Admiral Joseph Jocko Clark, ehlala njengomeluleki, i-Task Group 38.2 yayingaphansi komyalo ka-Admiral Gerald Bogan, i-Task Group 38.3 yayiholwa ngu-Admiral Frederick Sherman, kanti i-Task Group 38.4 yayingaphansi komyalo ka-Admiral Ralph Davison. 