 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Hutchins akadzokera kuPearl Harbor pana 26 January 1945. Kudzidzira kurovedza kwakaitwa kusvikira 3 February, apo iye steamed akananga Saipan kubatana anotakura simba nokuda Iwo Jima kushanda. Boka rayo rinotakura rakasvika mazuva matatu vasati vasvika kuti vapfure kudzivirirwa kweJapan, uye vakaramba vachitsigira basa racho muna February naMarch 1945. Mushure mokunge chitsuwa chacho chabatwa, Hutchins akadzokera kuUlithi kwenguva pfupi asati aenda musi wa 27 March nokuda kwebasa rokutora Okinawa, danho rokupedzisira pamushandirapamwe wakareba wechitsuwa-kusvetuka uchienda kuJapan. Akaongorora boka rekutakura panguva yekumhara mukati memazuva mana ekutanga aApril, achibatsira kudzora kurwiswa kwakawanda kwemhepo. Akapiwa basa rokutsigira pfuti musi wa 4 April. Hutchins akapedza maawa masikati anotevera ari pedyo nemhenderekedzo dzegungwa uye usiku hwake achiongorora ngarava huru panguva yekurwiswa uye kudzivirirwa kwemhepo. Hutchins akadonhedza ndege dzinoverengeka dzairwisa mukati mekurwisa kukuru kwemhepo musi wa 6 Kubvumbi. Hutchins akanga ari wokutanga panzvimbo yacho pashure pokunge muparadzi arohwa, asi akasiya mushure memaminitsi mashomanana paakarayirwa kuti aite nzira yekununura vapukunyuki kubva kuNewcomb yakakanganiswa, uye yakanga iri pasi pekurwiswa kwakakomba zvakare musi wa 12-13 April. 