<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna November 1944, mukana waWoodruff wekutungamirira muhondo huru pakupedzisira wakauya semukuru mukuru CG we24th Infantry Division muSouthwest Pacific. Kugamuchirwa kwake kwakanaka mumutambo kwakachengetwa pahofisi huru yeparatroop, yakazadzwa nemarita mashanu edoro re torpedo, rakagoverwa nevashandi vechikepe cheU.S. Navy, sechinhu chinokosha chezvinwiwa zvinonwiwa. Akatungamirira kutungamira kwake muhondo yemwedzi mishanu yeMindanao kusunungura chitsuwa ichocho chezvitsuwa zvePhilippine kubva mukubatwa neJapan mumatanho ekupedzisira ehondo yeUnited States yeNyika yechipiri.  <response>: Mushandirapamwe weLeyte. 