Kammala wannan jumla: A ranar 12 ga Oktoba, TG 38.2 ya kaddamar da hare-haren da aka yi a arewacin Formosa don halakar da ikon iska na Japan a gabanin
mamayewar amphibious na Philippines. Jafananci sun kasance a cikin faɗakarwa bayan hare-haren jirgin sama a Ryukyus kuma sun amsa ta hanyar yin amfani da daruruwan jiragen sama don kare sansanonin jiragen sama na tsibirin da kuma hallaka masu ɗaukar Halsey. Matashin matukin jirgi na 18 na yaki, Arthur Mollenhauer, ya harbe jiragen saman Japan guda biyar a cikin sauri a lokacin da ya fara gamuwa da abokan gaba. An yi hira da sabon dan wasan da aka yi masa baftisma a cikin jirgin "Intrepid" da wakilin yakin Baltimore Sun Philip Heisler da kuma mai ba da rahoto na Honolulu Star-Advertiser Ray Coll, kuma an buga kamanninsa da labarinsa a jaridu a duk faɗin ƙasar. Cecil Harris ya hallaka jiragen sama na Japan guda hudu kuma ya taimaka wa abokin aikinsa Egidio DiBatista ya tsere daga harin da mayakan abokan gaba suka kai. An tilasta DiBatista ya fita daga jirginsa da ya lalace kusa da rundunar. Ko da yake ya karya ƙafafunsa a lokacin faduwa, ya tsira daga aikin. Harris da Mollenhauer sun ɗauki hoton su a rana mai zuwa ta wani mai daukar hoto na Associated Press. Gasarsu tara da suka yi ta sa an yi magana game da su a jaridu a duk faɗin ƙasar.