Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - "Fletcher" ya isa Manus a ranar 9 ga Oktoba 1944 daga Humboldt Bay don shirya don mamaye Leyte, wanda ya yi amfani da shi a ranar 12 ga Oktoba. Ta rufe su yayin da suka aika da jiragensu zuwa bakin teku a farkon saukowa a ranar 20 ga Oktoba, kuma washegari suka tashi zuwa New Guinea, don haka suka share Leyte Gulf kafin babban yaƙin
domin ya yi nasara. Ta koma Leyte tare da jigilar jigilar kayayyaki a ranar 23 ga Nuwamba, kuma a cikin watan da ya biyo baya, ta ci gaba da tallafawa matakin farko na 'yanci na Philippines, tare da rakiyar jirage, harbe-harben harbe-harbe a Ormoc Bay da Mindoro, da kuma harbe-harbe kan jiragen saman Japan a hare-hare da dama.