<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pashure pemavhiki maviri paPearl Harbor, Lewis Hancock akabatana neTF 38. Kurwiswa kwenzvimbo dzendege muPhilippines, Okinawa, uye Formosa kwakatevera nokukurumidza. Musi waSeptember 13, pakurwisa kwake kwokutanga Philippines, Lewis Hancock akaparadza ndege yake yokutanga yomuvengi. Kurwiswa nendege uku kwakabetsera kubvisa simba remhepo reJapan ndokuderedza dziviriro dzaro nokuda kwokudzokera kwakamirirwa kwenguva refu kwaGeneral Douglas MacArthur kuPhilippines. Mauto eU.S. akasvika pa  <response>: mahombekombe eLeyte, uye Japan yakarovazve nezvikepe zvayo zvizere mukuedza kudzivisa kufambira mberi kweAmerica. Muhondo yakazotevera yeLeyte Gulf, paakanga achishanda sechikepe chetsotsi, Lewis Hancock akabatsira kunyudza muparadzi wevavengi. 