<prompt> Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Nokupinda muPhilippines kwakarongwa pakati paOctober 1944, Callaghan yakaoneka pachiratidziri chevatakuri vengarava vaitungamirira 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 mabasa ePhilippine  <response>: , ne3rd Fleet, nokuda kwokurwisa kwemhepo 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. 