<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Wedderburn akapindazve mugungwa paEniwetok musi wa14 August. Ikoko, akaendeswa kune anti-submarine screen yeboka rinokurumidza rinotakura basa, TG 38.2, rakavakwa pamusoro pe Intrepid CV-11, Hancock CV-19, Bunker Hill CV-17, Cabot CVL-28, uye Rusununguko CVL-22. Akabva kuEniwetok musi wa29 Nyamavhuvhu achibatana neboka rose rinotakura vatakuri TF 38 kuti aite kuchenesa kukuru kwezvitsuwa zveJapan zvinosanganisira Philippines, Palaus, uye Yap Island. Wedderburn akavharidzira anotakura kubva pakurwiswa kwechikepe chevavengi apo ivo vakatumira ndege dzavo kuzvinangwa paMindanao neLeyte uye, gare gare, Visayas sub-boka. Ivo vakagoverawo bhomba rokutanga remhepo nokuda kwokupinda kwePalau uye nokuda kwebasa reMorotai. Mabasa iwayo akatora inodokuva mwedzi wose waSeptember, uye muparadzi haana kupinda muchiteshi chengarava kutozosvikira musi wa 28 apo TG 38.2 yakasvika Saipan. Musi wa1 Gumiguru, iye neTG 38.2 vakaenda kuUlithi iyo yakanga ichangobva kutorwa apo ngarava dzakasvika zuva rakatevera. Zvisinei, Wedderburn yakakurumidza kudzokera kugungwa. Task Force 38 yakaungana anenge makiromita 375 kumadokero kweMarianas musi wa7 October kuvhura matanho okutanga ku  <response>: kupinda muLeyte. Wedderburn akaenderera mberi nekurwisa ngarava dzepasi pemvura apo vatakuri vaidzivirira vakatanga ndege dzavo kutanga kuOkinawa, ipapo Formosa, uye pakupedzisira vaPhilippine vavariro, vachirova vavengi vemhepo paLuzon neVisayas kupa United States kutonga mumhepo pamusoro peLeyte apo kupindirwa kwakatanga musi wa20 Gumiguru. 