Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Watanni biyu bayan haka, yana mai da hankali ga sukar da aka yi masa saboda rashin tallafawa saukar jiragen ruwa a Leyte, Halsey ya ci gaba da jan hankalin rundunarsa don tallafawa Janar MacArthur na mamaye Mindoro
, kamar yadda aka yi alkawari, har ma a fuskar yaƙin rundunarsa don tsira da guguwa mai hallaka. Dokokin Halsey don ci gaba da tsari da kuma kokarin yin amfani da man fetur a lokacin wannan hadari ya haifar da asarar karin sojoji, jiragen ruwa da kuma kimanin jiragen sama da yawa kamar yadda aka rasa a yakin a lokacin yakin Midway. An sake tuhumar hukuncin Halsey, kuma aka gudanar da bincike. Kamar yadda yake a cikin batun Spruance, duk da haka, manyan kwamandoji da masana tarihi na jirgin ruwa sun kammala cewa Halsey na "jagoranci mai ƙarfin hali da kuma dabarun da ya dace da kai hari" sun kasance, a cikin daidaituwa, ga darajarsa da kuma amfanin Amurka gaba ɗaya. Amurka na bukatar jaruman yaki kuma Halsey, kamar Janar McArthur, shi ne wanda zai gamsar da wannan bukata.