<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kufamba nechikepe kubva kuHampton Roads musi wa19 Chikunguru 1944, Casa Grande yakanonoka kuBalboa, Panama Canal Zone kuti igadziriswe munzira kuenda kuPearl Harbor, kwaakasvika musi wa21 Nyamavhuvhu. Ikoko akaburitsa ngarava dzokuzvitakura dzaibva kumahombekombe okumabvazuva, uye akatakura varume nemidziyo yokurwisa Yap. Zvisinei, pakusvika kwake paEniwetok musi waSeptember 25, akarayirwa kuenda kuManus Island kunogadzirira  <response>: Basa reLeyte. Yakagoverwa kuSouthern Attack Force, yakapinda muLeyte Gulf isina chiitiko, uye yakatora chikamu pakurwiswa kwekutanga musi wa20 Gumiguru. Varume vake vakashanda nokukurumidza pasi pekurwiswa nemhepo muvengi pavakasimudza ngarava yavo yekumhara uye vakachengetedza dzimwe ngarava duku dzakabatanidzwa mukukunda uku kudzokera kuPhilippines, uye musi wa22 Gumiguru, akadzokera kuHollandia. Mumwedzi wakatevera wacho, yakafamba kaviri kubva kuNew Guinea ichienda kuLeyte, ichiendesa zvombo zvokuwedzera uye ichibvisa vanhu vakanga vakuvara. 