 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Muna July 1944, V Amphibious Corps, zvino yaisanganisira rimwe divi reMarine, yakapiwa basa rokupinda muMariana Islands. Muchiito ichi Operation Forager, divi raRalph Smith rakarwa pamwe chete nemaMarine muhondo yakaoma yechitsuwa chine makomo cheSaipan. Mukurwisana kweMt. Tapotchau pakati pechitsuwa, musiyano mukuru mukudzidziswa uye maitiro pakati peMarines neHondo yakatungamira ku106th Infantry Regiment kukundikana kudzikisa nzvimbo inozivikanwa se Hells Pocket, nokudaro ichidonha kure kumashure kwepamberi yeMarines. Mutungamiri weboka racho, akanga achitova nehasha ne27th Infantry Division pamusana pokusava nesimba kwayo paMakin, akabvisa Ralph Smith pakuva mutungamiri uye akamurayira kuti abve pachitsuwa chacho. Akataura kuti varume vaRalph Smith vakanga vatadza kurwisa nenguva, vachiita kuti varwi vemuchadenga vafe pakukundwa kwechitsuwa chacho. Nguva shanu muPacific Theater of Operations mauto makuru ehondo akabviswa pakutonga, asi zvakanga zvisati zvamboitika kuti murairo upiwe nemukuru weMarine Corps, uye chiitiko chacho chakakonzera kukakavadzana kukuru pakati pemapazi maviri. 