Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A wannan lokacin, Rundunar Soji ta Uku ta dauki umurnin rundunar aiki mai sauri da kuma dukkanin sassan da aka ba da izini daga jerin 50s zuwa jerin 30s. Saboda haka, ta shiga TG 38.3 a lokacin da ta kai ga rundunar jiragen ruwa da kuma masu sufurin jiragen ruwa da suka yi jerin hare-haren a karshen watan Agusta da farkon watan Satumba a shirye-shiryen shirin.
saukowa a Morotai da Peleliu. Wadannan sun hada da hare-hare a ranar 9 da 10 ga watan Satumba a tsibirin Mindanao a Philippines don kawar da filayen jirgin saman Japan da ke iya tsoma baki tare da saukowa. Daga 12 zuwa 14 ga watan Satumba, rundunar ta motsa don kai hari a Visayas. "Massachusetts" ya bi masu sufuri don ƙarin hare-haren a Luzon, musamman a kusa da babban birnin Manila, da Visayas daga 21 zuwa 22 Satumba. Yaƙin da aka yi na wata guda ya halaka jiragen sama na Japan 1,000 kuma ya nitse ko kuma ya kashe jiragen ruwa 150.