Ka cika wannan magana: Amma, idan ba a kame fushi ba, hakan zai iya kawo sakamako mai kyau da marar kyau. Shekara guda bayan nasarar share Solomons, an soki Halsey sosai bayan da ya bi IJN mai dauke da jiragen ruwa na IJN da ke nesa daga saukowa a Leyte Gulf a Philippines. Jirgin ruwan IJN, tare da masu jigilar jiragen sama kusan ba su da jirgin sama bayan "Babban Marianas Turkey Shoot" na Spruance a cikin Tekun Philippine, an aika da shi a matsayin abin ƙyama don jan hankalin rundunar Halsey mai ƙarfi daga sauran sojojin IJN don haka na biyun zai iya samun nasarar kai hari ga saukar Amurka a
Tekun Leyte. Halsey ya yi amfani da umarni masu rikitarwa daga Nimitz game da abubuwan da aka ba shi da fifiko kuma ya ci naman, ya fi son yin amfani da karfi da karfi da sojojin ruwa na abokan gaba da kuma jigilar jiragen sama maimakon samar da kariya ga saukowa na amphibious. Ya bi bayan jirgin ruwa na yaudara kuma ya yi nasarar nutsewa hudu na IJN. A yin haka, duk da haka, ya bar Leyte saukowa haɗari ga hare-haren IJN. An kauce wa mummunan bala'i ga sojojin Amurka a Leyte saukowa a cikin babban bangare ta hanyar ƙarfin hali na ƙananan, da yawa da yawa daga cikin rundunar jiragen ruwa na Amurka da ke dauke da jiragen ruwa, masu hallaka, da kuma masu hallaka da ke karkashin jagorancin Janar MacArthur daga Samar. Wadannan CVEs da magoya bayansu sun yi yaƙi sosai cewa kwamandan Jafananci ya yi tunanin yana fuskantar babban jirgin ruwa na Halsey kuma ya janye. Fiye da sojojin Amurka 1,500 suka mutu kuma jiragen ruwa biyar na Amurka sun nutse a wannan yakin, ciki har da masu jigilar jiragen ruwa biyu.