<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna August 1944 Nicholson akabatana ne3rd Fleet muMarshalls. Yakadzivirira vatakuri vakakurumidza pakurwisa Bonins, Formosa, nePhilippines, ichitsigira kupindirwa kwePalau nekudzivisa kweYap. Achidzokera kuPhilippines, boka rake rakabatsira 7th Fleet munguva ye  <response>: kupinda kweLeyte uye Hondo inokosha yeLeyte Gulf, uko Nicholson akafamba achienda kuSeattle kunovandudzwa. 