Cika wannan jumla: Mataki na gaba na MacArthur shi ne
mamayewar Mindoro, inda akwai kyawawan wuraren filin jirgin sama. 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. 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 shawo kansa daga rakiyar mamayewar "Nashville". Yayin da sojojin mamaye suka shiga Tekun Sulu, wani "kamikaze" ya bugi "Nashville", ya kashe mutane 133 kuma ya raunata wasu 190. Injiniyoyin Ostiraliya da na Amurka sun yi amfani da filayen jirgin sama guda uku a cikin makonni biyu, amma "kamikaze" sun ci gaba da kai wa jiragen jigilar kayayyaki hari. A wannan lokacin, MacArthur ya yi jayayya da Sutherland, wanda aka san shi da mummunan hali, a kan mai ƙaunarsa, Kyaftin Elaine Clark. MacArthur ya umarci Sutherland da kada a kawo Clark zuwa Leyte, saboda wani alƙawarin da ya yi wa Curtin cewa ba za a kai matan Ostiraliya a kan ma'aikatan GHQ zuwa Philippines ba, amma Sutherland ya kawo ta tare da shi.