 Kunyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekudzidziswa kwekuwedzera ikoko uye kuPearl Harbor akabva kuHawaii musi wa 27 Ndira 1945 sechikwata cheTransport Group Baker nokuda kwekupinda kweIwo Jima, chivako chinotevera munhimbe yechitsuwa ichi yakananga kuJapan. Sezvo mauto aVice Admiral Richmond K. Turner akapinda munyika musi wa19 February, Harry F. Bauer akaita sechiteshi chepikicha uye akaita anti-submarine patrol kuti adzivirire vatakuri. Sezvo hondo yacho yakafambira mberi, ngarava yacho yakaitawo mabhomba pamhenderekedzo yegungwa, ichiparadza nzvimbo dzinoverengeka dzokuisa zvombo, matangi, uye nzvimbo dzokuisira zvinhu. 