Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei:
Ko te taunga ki Leyte i te 17 o Oketopa i akiaki i te rangatira rangatira o Hapanihi ki te tiimata i te Mahinga "Shō-Gō" 1, he whakaeke uaua e wha nga kaipuke motuhake e hono ana ki te kaipuke whakaeke a Allied ki te whakangaro i a ia. Ko te 1st Mobile Fleet, i tapaina inaianei ko te Northern Force, i tino whakahekehia i roto i te kaha e nga tau e toru o te whawhai, a i whakaarohia kia mahi noa hei whakararuraru ki te kukume i te roopu mahi kawe tere a Amerika mai i te kaipuke whakaeke. I taua wa, ka haere te Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita's Center Force na roto i te San Bernardino Strait ka whakaeke i te kaipuke whakaeke. Heoi, i kitea e nga Amerikana te whakatata mai o Kurita, ana ka whakaekea e nga kaikawe he whakaeke nui ki tana kaipuke i a ia e haere ana i te Moana Sibuyan. Whai muri i te ngaronga o te kaipuke pakanga kaha i te Pakanga o te Moana o Sibuyan i te Oketopa 24, i hurihia e Kurita te huarahi. I whakaponohia tenei ki a Halsey, inaianei ko te rangatira o te Tuatoru o nga Rererangi, ki te tuku i te roopu mahi kawe tere ki te whakangaro i te 1st Mobile Fleet, i kitea i taua wa.