 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pehondo yeSaipan, 4th Marine Division yakava nomutungamiriri mutsva, Major General Clifton B. Cates. Cumming akaramba ari mubatsiri wemutungamiriri wedhipatimendi pasi pake uye akatungamira 4th Marine Division yake panguva yekumhara kweamphibious paTinianmusi waJuly 24, 1944. Nokukurumidza pashure pokumhara, zvikamu zveJapan zvakatanga kurwisa kukuru kwemanheru nematanki uye kutsigira vapfuuri vachishandisa Banzai mhosva. Kurwiswa kwakabudirira kudzoserwa uye miviri yevavengi 1241 yakanga yakakomberedza nharaunda yokudzivirira. Chikamu chechina chakazotora nhandare yendege yomuvengi yakanga ichivakwa uye guta reSan Jose. Musi waAugust 1, chimwe chitsuwa chakaziviswa kuva chakachengeteka pashure pemazuva mapfumbamwe chete okurwa. Nokuda kwebasa rake muMarianas, Cumming akagamuchira Bronze Star Medal neCombat V. 