Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Tsakanin 29 ga Satumba da 6 ga Oktoba, "Witter" ya yi tafiya daga Milne Bay ta hanyar Treasuries kuma ya koma New Guinea a Humboldt Bay. A Humboldt Bay, ta ba da rahoto don aiki ga TU 77.7.1 don aikin Leyte
Ka yi haƙuri. Ƙungiyar aikinta, wani ɓangare na Rundunar Sojan Sama ta 7, ta bar Humboldt Bay a ranar 12 ga Oktoba don ɗaukar tashar sake cikawa a teku kimanin kilomita 180 a yammacin tsibirin Palau da aka riga aka zuba jari. A tsakiyar watan, man fetur da ya bi shi ya yi wa sojojin Leyte hari a teku kuma, a ranar 18 ga watan, ya tafi wurin da aka kafa a Kossol Passage a Palaus. Bayan kwana biyu a Palaus, "Witter" da kayanta sun fara tafiya don shiga babban karfi a Leyte Gulf. Sun isa Gulf kwana uku bayan harin 20 ga Oktoba.