Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Benjamin Ide Wheeler gara n'ihu site na India ruo Philippines, ịbụ akụkụ nke ụgbọ mmiri ndị na-akwado ndị
Agha nke Leyte site na 7 Ọktọba ruo 26 Disemba 1944 na mkpọsa agha Pacific. Tupu o rute Leyte Gulf, ụgbọelu ndị Japan malitere ịwakpo ya. Ndị nche ụgbọ mmiri nke United States Navy nke SS Benjamin Ide Wheeler ga-arụ ọrụ n'ụgbọ mmiri ụgbọ mmiri ugboro 353 n'ime ụbọchị 76. Mana n'abalị iri abụọ na asaa n'ọnwa Ọktoba n'afọ 1944, otu ụgbọelu kamikaze Zero nke na-atụ bọmbụ na-adaba adaba na-ese anwụrụ dara n'otu n'ime ebe a na-ebu ibu ya. Ụgbọelu ahụ na bọmbụ ikuku ya gbawara ma mee ka ụgbọ mmiri ahụ banye n'ime mmiri dị mita iri atọ na isii, ndị United States Navy Armed Guard nwere ike ịga n'ihu na-agbachitere, dịka egbe ndị dị n'elu mmiri dị n'elu mmiri. A kọrọ na ha gburu ụgbọelu anọ n'ụbọchị ahụ. E gburu otu onye ọrụ ụgbọ mmiri na ndị nche n'ihe mgbawa ahụ. Earle Woodring nwetara ihe nrite Bronze Star maka ihe ndị o mere.