Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan ɗan gajeren lokaci a Eniwetok, "Miller" ya fara tafiya don saduwa da sauran rundunar sojan don ƙarin hare-hare a Iwo Jima da Chichi Jima (3 zuwa 4 ga Yuli) da Palau, Ulithi, da Yap (23 zuwa 27 ga Yuli). A ranar 30 ga watan Agusta rundunar ta tashi don tallafawa saukar jiragen ruwa a Palaus ta hanyar gudanar da hare-hare kan Palau, Mindanao, Leyte, Luzon, da Samar (7 zuwa 24 ga Satumba). A watan Oktoba, yana aiki daga Ulithi, rundunar ta shirya don komawa Philippines tare da kai hare-hare a kan wuraren da aka gina a cikin jirgin ruwa a Ryūkyūs, a Taiwan, da kuma Kudancin Tekun China. A ranar 20, ya fara goyon bayan ayyukan amphibious a Leyte
da Samar. Bayan kwana biyar "Miller" ya shiga allon Task Group 34.5 (TG 34.5), sannan yana aiki tare da TG 38.2. Daga nan sai kungiyoyin biyu suka tashi don taimakawa TF 77 wanda ya yi yaƙi da sojojin abokan gaba a cikin Surigao Strait a farkon farkon yakin Leyte Gulf.