Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Halsey zigara TG 38.1 n'ebe ndịda ịwakpo ọdụ ụgbọelu ndị Japan n'ógbè ahụ n'oge mwakpo nke Morotai
nke bidoro n'ụbọchị iri na ise, mana ọ kpọghachitere ha ka ha sonye n'ọtụtụ TF 38 tupu mwakpo a na-eme atụmatụ na Manila na Septemba 21. Ụgbọelu "Hornet" sonyere na mwakpo nke abụọ na Manila Bay ma mikpuo ụgbọelu ochie ahụ. Ndị ọkwọ ụgbọelu America kwuru na ha gburu ụgbọelu 110 ma bibie 95 n'ala, ọ bụ ezie na ụgbọ elu ụgbọ elu nke mbụ furu efu ihe na-erughị ụgbọ elu iri na abụọ n'ihi ihe niile. TF38 kwuru na ha mikpuru ma ọ bụ merụọ ụgbọ mmiri mmanụ asaa, mana ihe ndekọ ndị Japan gosiri na e mikpuru ma ọ bụ merụọ itoolu. Ọnọdụ ihu igwe na-adịghị mma mere ka a kagbuo ọtụtụ n'ime mwakpo ụgbọelu a na-eme atụmatụ maka ụbọchị nke abụọ, mana Halsey kpebiri ịwakpo Coron Bay na Calamian Islands kama, ebe a na-ejikarị ndị Japan na-eji mmanụ eme ihe, n'akụkụ nke ọzọ nke Philippines na TGs 38.1 na 38.3. "Hornet's air group led the combined airstrike which sank two oilers, six freighters, several escorts and the seaplane tender. "Ndị otu ụgbọelu "Hornet" duziri mwakpo a jikọtara ọnụ nke mere ka ụgbọelu abụọ na-ebu mmanụ, ụgbọelu isii na-ebu ibu, ọtụtụ ndị na-eso ụgbọelu na ụgbọelu mmiri na-ebu mmiri. TG 38.1 wee gaa Seeadler Harbor iji mejupụta ma gbanwee Air Group 2 maka Air Group 11. N'ikpeazụ, Clark hapụrụ "Hornet" n'abalị mbụ n'ọnwa Ọktoba.