 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kurwisa kukuru pachitsuwa cheSaipankwakatanga musi waJune 15, 1944, uye Tompkins akasvika musi iwoyo. Musi waJune 17, Lieutenant Colonel Guy E. Tannyhill, mukuru mukuru we1st Battalion, 29th Marines, iyo yakabatanidzwa ne2nd Marine Division, yakakuvadzwa nemuvengi sniper uye yakabviswa. Tompkins akazotora mutungamiri webato racho musi iwoyo uye akakurumidza kurongazve chikwata chacho chakanga chashaya simba. Bhatani rake idzva rakanga riri munharaunda ine madziva uye rakanga rakamanikidzwa nevanopfura vavengi uye nzvimbo dzokuisa zvombo. Tompkins akaita kuongorora kwokukurumidza kwemitsetse yapamberi uye gare gare akaraira varume vake nematanki anoverengeka kuti varwise. Mukati mokurwiswa, mauto ake akatora zvinangwa zvinokosha ndokukunda nzvimbo dzakasimba dzechiJapan maererano nehurongwa. 