 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Newcomb yakazununguswa muWest Indies kwemwedzi, ipapo yakaita rwendo kuenda kuMarshall Islands, ichisvika 4 April 1944 kwemwedzi miviri yebasa pakurwisa ngarava dzepasi pemvura dzakapoteredzwa nemaJapan kuMille, Wotje, uye Jaluit atolls. Akabva apinda muuto rairwisa Saipansezvo mureza kuti chidzitiro kubva 29 Chivabvu kusvikira 5 Nyamavhuvhu, kushumira sezvo moto rutsigiro uye patrol chikepe zvose Saipan uye Tinian. Musi wa22 Chikumi, achirinda zvekufambisa, iye uye yakanyudza ngarava yeJapan, uye musi wa4 Chikunguru moto wake wakanyatsotungamirwa wakaputsa kurwisa kweJapan banzai kuchamhembe kweGarapan paSaipan. 