Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Yin aiki a cikin Fire Support da Bombardment Group don kai hari kan Palaus 6 Satumba zuwa 1 Oktoba, "Newcomb" ya kori 23 daban-daban shore bombardments kuma ya rufe ƙungiyoyin rushewa na karkashin ruwa da ke ba da bindigogin bindigogi. A matsayin babban jirgin ruwa na Destroyer Squadron 56 (DesRon 56), "Newcomb" ya shiga cikin Leyte landings
12 ga Oktoba zuwa 4 ga Disamba, rufe ƙungiyoyin rushewa na karkashin ruwa da kuma harba pre-mamayewa-bombardment, kira-wuta, harin dare da kuma hasken haske.