Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Mataki na gaba na MacArthur shi ne mamayewar Mindoro
, inda akwai wurare masu kyau na filin jirgin sama a kusa da yankin San Jose. Willoughby ya kiyasta, daidai kamar yadda ya zama, cewa tsibirin yana da kimanin 1,000 masu kare Japan. Matsalar a wannan lokacin ita ce yadda za a kai wurin. An yi la'akari da faduwar faduwa, amma filayen jirgin sama a Leyte ba su da isasshen wurin da za su riƙe jirgin da ake bukata. Kinkaid ya yi jinkirin aikawa da masu ba da izini a cikin ruwan da aka hana a cikin tekun Sulu, kuma Kenney ba zai iya tabbatar da tsaro na iska ba. Aikin a bayyane yake yana da haɗari, kuma ma'aikatan MacArthur sun yi magana da shi daga rakiyar mamayewa a kan "Nashville". Yayin da sojojin mamaye suka shiga Tekun Sulu, wani kamikaze ya bugi "Nashville", ya kashe mutane 133 kuma ya ji rauni 190 da suka hada da kwamandan rundunar, Birgediya Janar William C. Dunkel. An sauka ba tare da adawa ba a ranar 15 ga Disamba, 1944, kuma a cikin makonni biyu injiniyoyin Ostiraliya da na Amurka suna da filayen jirgin sama guda uku a cikin aiki, amma "ba tun lokacin da Anzio ba sojan ruwa ya sami matsala sosai don tallafawa aikin amphibious bayan saukowa na farko". Jirgin saman kamikaze ya kai farmaki akai-akai a kan jiragen ruwa na sake dawowa kuma a ranar 26 ga Disamba zuwa 27 ga watan Disamba, sojojin ruwan Japan sun kai hari a yankin, sun nutsar da jirgin ruwa kuma sun lalata wasu jiragen ruwa.