Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Na 15 Septemba, na nkwadebe maka mwakpo na Leyte
, "Twiggs" hapụrụ Pearl Harbor dị ka onye so na Destroyer Squadron 49 (DesRon 49), na-enyocha Task Group 79.2 (TG 79.2), Transport Attack Group "Baker", nke na-agba site na Eniwetok maka Manus na Admiralty Islands. Mgbe emechara nkwadebe ikpeazụ maka mbuso agha na-abịanụ, ọ hapụrụ ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri Seeadler na 14 Ọktọba. Mgbe ọ bịarutere Leyte na 20 Ọktoba, "Twiggs" nyere aka inye nchebe mgbochi ụgbọelu maka ụgbọ njem n'oge ọdịda. N'ụbọchị ndị sochirinụ nke ọrụ ikuku nke ndị iro siri ike, ọ gara n'ihu na-akwado mbuso agha ahụ, n'otu oge, ọ napụtara onye na-efe efe na "Petrof Bay" (CVE-80). "Twiggs" hapụrụ Leyte na 25 Ọktoba, jiri ụgbọ mmiri gafee agwaetiti Mios Woendi gaa Manus, wee rute n'ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri Seeadler na 1 Nọvemba.