 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna January 1944, Mutevedzeri waAdmiral Marc Mitscher akaita kuti Yorktown ive ngarava yake huru. Mitcher akaororwa noumhizha hwaClark uye simba rokurwa. MunaFebruary 1944, Clark akasimudzirwa kuva rear admiral uye akaendeswa kwenguva pfupi kuTask Force 58 achiri kuudza Mitscher, uyo akanga achitungamirira Fast Carrier Task Force, uye Admiral Raymond Spruance, mutungamiri weChishanu Fleet. Sezvo nzvimbo dzose dzekutonga dzeboka rebasa dzakanga dzakagarwa, Clark akapiwa kutungamirira ndege itsva inotakura ndege, USS Hornet CV-8, iyo yakatumidzwawo nokuda kwevatakuri vakanyura. Nokukurumidza, Mitscher akaodzwa mwoyo nebasa reVice Admiral achitungamirira Task Group 3, uye akamutsiva naKaputeni Clark. Akatungamirira boka iri mukurwisa Marianas, uye panhambo dzinoverengeka boka rake rebasa rakatumirwa kuchamhembe kunodzivisa ndege dzeJapan dzaiburuka dzichibva kuJapan dzichipfuura nezvitsuwa zviri pakati. Mapoka ake okurwisa nendege airwisa zvitsuwa zveChichi Jima neIwo Jima kakawanda kwazvo zvokuti vafambisi vengarava veFast Carrier Task Force vakavatumidza kuti Jocko Jimas. 