 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Cushing yakabva kuNorfolk, Virginia musi wa5 Chivabvu 1944, kunodzidziswa kuNaval Stations San Diego nePearl Harbor, ndokuzofambiswa nechitima kuenda kuEniwetok Atoll muMarshall Islands, isati yadzokera kuNaval Station Bremerton, Washington kunovandudza midziyo yayo inorwisa ngarava dzepasi pemvura. Akabatana ne5th Fleet paEniwetok musi wa24 Nyamavhuvhu 1944 kuti aende kunopinda muPalau Islands. Yakadzivirira vatakuri vendege panguva yekurova kwavo paMindanao, Samar, Cebu, neNegros muPhilippines, ndokuzotsigira mauto epasi muhondo yeAngaurmusi wa17 September 1944. Yakadzokera kune vanotakura zvikepe kunopinda muFormosa yava kunzi Taiwan, Manila, uye kuchamhembe kweLuzon. Nhamburiko idzi dzakabvisa zvigadziko zveJapan nokuda kwokupinda kwakarongwa kwePhilippines, uye kwakaguma nokununurwa kwevatyairi vakawanda vakadonha. Moto waro unorwisa ndege wakakonzera ndege imwe yeJapan panguva yekurwiswa kukuru kwemhepo musi wa24 Gumiguru muhondo yeLeyte Gulf. Akadzokera kuzadzazve paUlithi Atoll muCaroline Islands musi wa22 Mbudzi 1944. 