Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A watan Nuwambar 1944, damar Woodruff a babban jagorancin yaki ya zo ne a matsayin babban kwamandan (CG) na 24th Infantry Division a kudu maso yammacin Pacific. An yi bikin maraba da shi a gidan wasan kwaikwayon a hedkwatar paratroop, wanda aka yi amfani da shi tare da galon biyar na giya na torpedo, wanda aka ba da jirgin ruwa na jirgin ruwa na Amurka, a matsayin babban kayan abinci don shakatawa na ruwa. Ya jagoranci jagorancinsa a cikin watanni biyar na Mindanao don yantar da wannan tsibirin tsibirin Philippine daga aikin Japan a ƙarshen yakin.
Yaƙin neman zaɓe na Leyte.