Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Ọ kwagara na Leyte Gulf na Ọktọba 18, ụbọchị abụọ tupu ọdịda ahụ n'ezie, iji kpuchie ndị na-ebu agha na-ebu agha na ndị ọrụ mmebi mmiri. Mgbọ ya nyekwara aka n'ịgba bọmbụ tupu mwakpo nke ebumnuche ahụ. Mgbe ọ kwụsịrị n'Ọktoba 20, ụgbọ agha ahụ gbara ọkụ na-akwado ndị agha na-aga n'ikpere mmiri ma chebe ndị agha mwakpo ahụ megide mwakpo ikuku nke ndị iro na-ebute megide ya. N'ọrụ nke abụọ, o kwuru na ya gburu otu onye na-enweghị enyemaka. Mgbe ndị Japan malitere mwakpo ha n'elu ala nke nwere akụkụ atọ iji mebie mwakpo Leyte
, "Welles" sonyeere ihuenyo nke Vice Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf nke usoro agha ochie nke kpochapụrụ ndị iro nke nwara ịkwanye site na Surigao Strait na ndịda Leyte n'abalị nke 24/25 Ọktọba. N'oge na-adịghị anya mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, ọ kwụsịrị ọrụ ya na Philippines wee laa ezumike nká na Ulithi Atoll ebe ọ sonyeere ihuenyo nke Fast Carrier Task Force.