<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngemva komkhankaso wase-Okinawa, amayunithi e-1st Marine Division ayelungiselela ukuhlasela iJapane, kodwa amabutho asemthethweni  <response>: ukuzinikela ngo-September 2, 1945, kwashintsha izinhlelo. URoss wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba u-colonel ngesikhathi esifanayo futhi wamiswa njengomphathi ophethe i- 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division ngaphansi kwesikhulu sakhe esidala, uMajor General DeWitt Peck. I-Seventh Marine Regiment yatshelwa ukuba iye esifundazweni saseHopeh, eChina ukuze yamukele ukuzinikela kwamabutho aseJapane eTientsin nokubuyiselwa kwawo eJapane. 