<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pana 19 August 1944, muparadzi akabva kuNew Guinea uye akabatana ne Fast Carrier Task Force TF 38. Yakaongorora vatakuri,, uye, apo ivo vakatanga kurwisa kwemhepo paBonins, Ulithi, Yap, Palau, Okinawa, Taiwan, uye apo ivo vakapa rubatsiro rwemhepo ku  <response>: Kubhururuka kwePhilippine musi wa20 October. Sezvo vaJapan vakatanga kurwisa kwemauto matatu emauto eUnited States kuLeyte, Swanson boka rebasa rakatanga kubatsira kudzosera simba repakati reJapan muSan Bernardino Strait mukati mezuva ra24 Gumiguru, richinyudza ngarava yehondo; uyezve vakamhanyira kuchamhembe kunopinda mauto eJapan anotakura ndege kubva kuCape Engaño, Luzon. Apo shoko rakasvika kuti simba guru reJapan rakanga radzokazve uye rakanga richityisidzira Leyte beachhead, chikamu cheTF 38 chakatendeukira kumaodzanyemba zvakare. Zvisinei, Swanson akaramba ari kuchamhembe uye akabatsira kupedza kuparadza vatakuri vengarava vokuJapan. 