 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Stephen Potter akapinda muSouth China Sea musi wa9 Ndira nevatakuri vakatanga kurwisa nendegekurwisa Saigon neCamranh Bay, Indochina, musi wa12 January uye Formosa musi wa15 January. Kurwisa kwakaitwa paHainan neHong Kong musi wa 16 Ndira, pashure pacho ndege dzeAmerica dzakaita kuongorora kwokuona mifananidzo yeOkinawa dzisati dzadzokera kuUlithi. Muparadzi akabuda neTG 58.2 musi wa10 Kukadzi uye akapinda mukurwisa vatakuri venhandare kunharaunda yeTokyo musi wa16 na17 Kukadzi. Kubva musi wa19 kusvika musi wa22 February, kurwisa kwakatangwa kuzorwa neIwo Jima kutsigira kumhara ikoko. Mazuva maviri gare gare, vatakuri vakafamba vakananga kuJapan uye, musi wa25 Kukadzi, vakatanga kurwisa nendege vavariro munzvimbo yeTokyo Bay vasati vadzokera kuUlithi musi wa1 Kurume. 