 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Muna 1944 na 1945, vatakuri vengarava vanokurumidza vaVice Admiral Mitscher, vangave vakagadzwa seTask Force 38 kana kuti Task Force 58, vakatungamirira kurwisa mwoyo woUmambo hweJapan, vachitevedzana vachifukidza kupinda muPalau, kusunungurwa kwePhilippines, uye kukunda Iwo Jima neOkinawa. Pana 26 January 1945, Third Fleet zvakare yakava Fifth Fleet. Mukati mokushanda kweOkinawa kwakanga kune kunonoka kunokonzerwa nemamiriro okunze muuto kugadzirira nzvimbo dzendege dzinoshanda. Kuti ape rutsigiro rwemhepo runokosha kumabasa epasi akasimba, Mitscher akamanikidzwa kuchengeta Task Force 58 panguva iyoyo ichifamba nechikepe mubhokisi pane imwe nzvimbo kumabvazuva kweOkinawa, kazhinji mumamiriro ekunze ane dutu uye gungwa rakaoma, kwemwedzi miviri inotevera. Mukati menguva iyi vakanga vari pasi pokurwiswa nendege nguva dzose, uye dzvinyiriro dzendangariro dzokudzivisa uku kurwiswa dzakanga dzakakura. Kwakanga kusingawanzovi nousiku uhwo vashandi vose vechikepe vaisadaidzwa kuti vauye kumakamuri avo, uye mazuva akanga akaipisisa. 