<prompt> Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - California yakabva kuEspiritu Santo musi wa17 September ndokupfuura nomumahombekombe eNew Guinea, uko vashandi vakacherechedza hondo pakati pemasimba eJapane neAustralia mukati meNew Guinea campaign. Ngarava yacho yakasvika paManus musi wa 22 September, apo gadziriro dzebasa rinotevera dzakatanga. California, zvakare rutivi rweboka rokurwisa raOldendorf, iro zvino rakanga rabatanidza Maryland,,, Tennessee, uye, rakabva musi wa 12 October rakananga kuPhilippines. Kurwisa kwePhilippines kwakatanga mazuva mashanu gare gare nekutanga kuburitsa kwe6th Ranger Battalion pazvitsuwa zveDinagat neSuluan. Kurwiswa kwokupedzisira kwakaita kuti vaJapan vazive nezvekurwiswa kwePhilippines, zvichitungamira mukumisikidzwa kweOperation Shō-Gō 1, kupindura kwakarongwa kwekumhara kweAllied. Zvirongwa zveAllied zvokuparadza zvimbambaira zvakatanga kuchenesa migero kupinda muLeyte Gulf mukugadzirira kumhara kukuru paLeyte  <response>: . Musi wa19 October, kurwiswa kwechitsuwa chacho kwakatanga, kuchipfuurira zuva rakatevera sezvo mauto akaenda kumhenderekedzo. Ndege yeZero yakasvetukira mungarava gare gare zuva iroro, imwe yezvikwata zvokutanga zvekuzviparadza, asi kupfura kwakasimba kwezvombo zvinorwisa ndege kwakaita kuti ndege yacho isatsauke panzira uye yakadonha isina kukuvadza nechekurudyi. 