 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi wa12 Chikunguru 1944, akatora kutungamira kweChishanu Amphibious Corps uye akatungamira iro rairo pakurwiswa nekutora Chitsuwa cheTinian. Akapihwa menduru yebasa rakatanhamara uye nyeredzi yegoridhe pachinzvimbo chechipiri menduru yebasa rakatanhamara nebasa rakatanhamara mukutora nekugara kweMarshall Islands uye pakurwisa nekutora Saipan neTinian. Schmidt akatungamirira Fifth Amphibious Corps munguva yeIwo Jima operationuye akapiwa menduru yechipiri yeGold Star panzvimbo pemenduru yechitatu yeBasa Rakanaka nokuda kwebasa rake mubasa iri. Chirevo chake chinorava muchidimbu, Pamberi pokuramba kwomuvengi kwakatsunga uye dziviriro dzomusikirwo dzisingaenzaniswi, Major General Schmidt nounyanzvi akatungamirira kurwisa kwemauto ake kuti atore ndokugara pachitsuwa ichi chine ukoshi. Akabata namapoka akasiyana-siyana aiva pasi pake nounyanzvi hunoshamisa hwokutonga. Kufunga kwake kwakanaka, mano ake akasiyana okutarisira uye kuzvipira kusingazununguki kubasa zvakanga zviri zvinhu zvinokosha mukubudirira kwebasa racho rose. Mushure mokupera kwehondo, akatungamirira Fifth Amphibious Corps mukubatwa kweJapan Home Islands. 