Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Mai i te 12 o Oketopa, ka āta tirohia e "Dennis" ngā kaipuke kawe waka e whakarato ana i te taupoki hau mō te whakaekenga o Leyte. I te 25 o Oketopa, i uru ia ki ana kaikawe ki te hanga hitori i a raatau e whawhai ana i te mahi toa me te kaha whakaeke a te ope a Hapanihi i te Pakanga o Samar i te waahanga o te Pakanga o Leyte Gulf.
He aha? Ko te "Dennis" anake i whakanohoia hei kaitiaki whakamutunga i waenga i te mata o nga kaipuke whakangaromanga me nga kaipuke whakangaromanga me nga kaikawe kaitiaki e tiakina ana. I whakawhiwhia a "Dennis" ki te torpedoing me te horo i tetahi kaipuke nui o Hapanihi i taua mahi. I whakaorangia e "Dennis" ngā tāngata 434 i ora mai i te kaipuke kawe waka, i whakapakia e tētahi "kamikaze". Mo tenei mahi, i uru ia ki te Presidential Unit Citation i whakawhiwhia ki a TU 77.4.3, "Taffy 3". I tae atu ia ki Kossol Roads, Palaus i te 28 o Oketopa, i rere ia e toru nga ra i muri mai mo te takutai hauauru, ka tae ki San Francisco, California i te 26 o Noema mo te whakahou.