<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Paakabatana ne3rd Fleet, Taussig akaenda kunoshanda neTask Force 38 TF 38. Kwemwedzi wose wakasara waOctober, ngarava inoparadza yakatsvaka munzvimbo iri pedyo nePhilippines kuti vawane vatyairi vemapurisa vakadonhedzwa vachitsvaira zvitsuwa panguva yechirimo.  <response>: Kupinda muLeyte. Mukutanga kwaNovember, akabatana nechidzitiro cheTF 38 pachayo apo ndege dzayo dzakaramba dzichitsigira basa reLeyte nekuvhara kurwisa kumusoro uye pasi pePhilippine cheni. Pamwe chete nemamwe mabasa akafanana, December akaunza ngozi yakawedzerwa mamiriro okunze anotyisa. Rimwe dutu rakauraya mukupera kwa 1944 rakamedza magwa matatu okuparadza eAmerica. Kuchenesa kwaDecember, kwakaitwa mukugadzirira kupinda kweLuzon paLingayen Gulf, kwakaramba kuripo muvhiki rokutanga raJanuary 1945. Pana 8 January, vatakuri vakakurumidza vakatanga kurwisa kwavo mumhepo pamhenderekedzo dzakapoteredza South China Sea. Taussig akavhara mahwendefa apo ndege dzavo dzakarwisa zvigaro zveJapan pamwe chete nemhenderekedzo dzeChina neIndochinese uye pazvitsuwa zveFormosa neOkinawa pamwe chete nokupa rubatsiro nokuda kwekukunda kweAllied kweLuzon. Usiku hwaJanuary 20, muparadzi akabatsira kufudza TF 38 kuburikidza neBalintang Channel, kuchamhembe kwePhilippines pakati peBatan neBubuyan Islands, uye muPhilippine Sea. 