Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Panguva ino, Third Fleet yakanga yatora hurumende yevashandi vanokurumidza uye zvikamu zvose zvepasi zvakadzokororwa kubva ku50s series kusvika ku30s series. Nokudaro, akabatana neTG 38.3 pakusvika kune zvikepe uye akafambisa vatakuri vakaita nhevedzano yekurova mukupera kwaAugust uye kutanga kwaSeptember mukugadzirira kwe
kumhara paMorotai nePeleliu. Izvi zvaisanganisira kurwisa musi wa9 na10 September pachitsuwa cheMindanao muPhilippines kuti vaparadze nhandare dzendege dzeJapan dzaigona kuvhiringidza kumhara. Kubvira musi wa12 kusvika musi wa14 September, ngarava dzacho dzakatamira kunorwisa zvinangwa muVisayas. "Massachusetts" yakafambisa vatakuri kuti varwisezve Luzon, kunyanya kumativi ose eguta guru kuManila, uye Visayas kubva muna 21 kusvika 22 September. Hondo yacho yemwedzi wose yakaparadza ndege dzeJapan dzinenge 1.000 uye yakanyudza kana kuti neimwe nzira yakaparadza ngarava 150.