<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Nokupinda muPhilippines kwakarongwa nokuda kwapakati paOctober 1944, Callaghan yakasviba muchiratidziro chesimba rinotakura rinotungamirira kuparadza kwokutanga kunokosha kwenzvimbo dzendege dzeJapan muFormosa neOkinawa. Mukati mekurwiswa kukuru kwemuvengi musi wa14 Gumiguru, Callaghan akabatana mukudonhedza ndege dzinoverengeka. Vachifamba vachienda kunochengetedza nzvimbo yekupinda muLeyte, simba raCallaghan rakapa simba remhepo muHondo inokosha yeLeyte Gulf, kubatsira kuona kuti maAllied anofambira mberi muPhilippines kurwisa kuedza kweJapan kuputsa kukwira. Pashure pokudzingirira vaJapan vaienda kuchamhembe, Callaghan yakadzokera kunotsigira  <response>: Mabasa ePhilippine, ne 3rd Fleet, nokuda kwehondo dzendege paLuzon. Ari munzira musi wa 3 Mbudzi, akapfurwa ne torpedo, uye Callaghan akamira kuti adzivirire mutyairi wechiedza akarohwa kusvikira mauto erubatsiro asvika, apo Callaghan akakwanisa kujoina boka rake rekurova. Kupfurikidza naDecember, iye akapinda mune dzimwe nhamo dzomumhepo paCentral Philippines, uye munaJanuary 1945, muparadzi akafamba ne 3rd Fleet nokuda kwehondo dzomumhepo paFormosa, Luzon, Indo-China, Hong Kong, uye Nansei Shoto. 