<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Caperton yakabva kuEniwetok musi wa30 August 1944 kuti inosangana neTF 38 nokuda kwebhomba rakanyatsorongwa uye kurwisa kwemhepo izvo zvakazarura nzira yekudzokera kuPhilippines. Palaus, Mindanao, Visayas, uye Luzon dzakaputirwa kubva mudenga, nepo Peleliu, Angaur, uye Ngesebus vakanzwa simba rezvombo zvehondo. Muparadzi akazadzazve paUlithi, ndokutangazve basa rokudzora nokuda kwokurwisa kwakarongedzerwa kurambidza vaJapan kushandisa nheyo dzavo paOkinawa neFormosa muhondo inouya  <response>: Kupinda muLeyte. Muhondo yemumhepo yemazuva matatu yeFormosa iyo yakaguma, uye takaputirwa nemapurisa kubva mumhepo. Caperton akagoverwa kunongedza vakaremara kuti vave vakachengeteka, uye kuvarinda pavakanga vachishandiswa sechisungo mukuedza kuunza mauto epamusoro eJapane muhondo. Apo ngarava dzakarwiswa dzakanga dzisina kuchengeteka kunze kwekurwiswa kwemuvengi, Caperton yakadzokera kuchidzitiro TF 38 mukurwisa kwemhepo yeHondo inokosha yeLeyte Gulf, iyo yakagadzirwa kubva kuJapan yose-kunze kwekuedza kuputsa Leyte landings. Kurwiswa kwakabhururuka kubva kune vanotakura boka re Caperton kwakakonzera kurasikirwa kwekupedzisira kuJapan Center Force, uye iye nevamwe vakatevera kuchamhembe kweJapan kwakadzokera shure, pasina kuita hukama hwepamusoro. 