Kammala wannan jumla: Benjamin Ide Wheeler ya ci gaba daga Indiya zuwa Philippines, don zama wani ɓangare na jiragen ruwa da ke tallafawa
Yaƙin Leyte daga 7 ga Oktoba zuwa 26 ga Disamba 1944 a yakin yakin Pacific. Kafin ta iya sauke anga a Leyte Gulf, jiragen saman Empire na Japan sun fara kai mata hari. SS Benjamin Ide Wheeler na Amurka Navy Armed Guards ya yi amfani da bindigogi na jirgin ruwa sau 353 a cikin kwanaki 76. Amma a ranar 27 ga Oktoba 1944 Kamikaze Zero jirgin sama mai saukar ungulu wanda ya riga ya buge da hayaki ya fado cikin ɗayan kayan kayanta. Jirgin sama da bam dinsa na sama sun fashe kuma sun nutsar da jirgin a cikin ƙafa 36 na ruwa, Rundunar Sojan Ruwa ta Amurka ta sami damar ci gaba da karewa, kamar yadda bindigogi ke sama da layin ruwa. An bayar da rahoton cewa sun harbe jiragen sama hudu a wannan rana. An kashe wani ma'aikacin jirgin ruwa da mai gadi a fashewar. Earle Woodring ya sami lambar yabo ta Bronze Star don ayyukansa.