<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Nokutungamira kuchinja kubva kuSpruance kuenda kuHalsey musi wa 26 August 1944, zvikamu zvose zvakachinja mazita zvakare. Mitscher, uyo akanga ari mutyairi kubva pakudzidziswa kwekutanga uye akanga ane chiremera chakanaka chemapoka emhepo, akakumbira kuti arambe achitungamirira Fast Carrier Task Force kusvikira mutsivi wake, Admiral John McCain, aigona kuva nenguva yakakodzera yekujairana nekubata boka rinotakura basa. Mambo naNimitz vakabvumirana. Admiral Halsey, kufanana naSpruance pamberi pake, akafamba nechikepe neFast Carrier Task Force. Simba racho rakakura kusvika kumaCV mapfumbamwe nemaCVL masere mukugadzirira ku  <response>: kumhara paLeyte. Task Force 38 yaive nemapoka mana ebasa: Task Group 38.1 yaitungamirwa naAdmiral McCain, nemutungamiriri wayo wekare, Admiral Joseph Jocko Clark, achiramba ari chipangamazano, Task Group 38.2 yaive pasi pekutungamira kwaAdmiral Gerald Bogan, Task Group 38.3 yaitungamirwa naAdmiral Frederick Sherman, uye Task Group 38.4 yaive pasi pekutungamira kwaAdmiral Ralph Davison. 