 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Colhoun akasvika paPearl Harbor 10 October 1944 nokuda kwokurovedza uye basa rokuronda. Kusvika kubva Iwo Jima 19 February 1945, iye screened anotakura, akashanda sezvo Radar picket uye akapa moto rutsigiro nokuda nechisimba Iwo Jima. Musi wa 1 March, yakarohwa nemapurisa emuvengi aiva pamhenderekedzo yegungwa, akauraya murume mumwe chete uye akakuvadza 16. Pashure pokugadziriswa paSaipan, Colhoun akaenda kuOkinawa, achisvika pana March 31 nokuda kwebasa rokurinda radar. 