<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Izard yaqhubeka isekela abathwali bezindiza abasheshayo abahlasela isitha. NgoJulayi 4, 1944 yayiseqenjini lezinqola ezintathu kanye nezinqola ezine ezaqhumisa ibhomu esikhumulweni sezindiza e-Iwo Jima. Phakathi nengxenye yokuqala ka-Okthoba wajoyina iqembu lomsebenzi lika-Admiral John S. McCain lokuhlasela i-Okinawa neFormosa. Phakathi nezinyanga ezalandela wasekela  <response>: Umsebenzi weLeyte futhi wabamba iqhaza eMpini yaseLingayen Gulf. Wayeseceleni kwe-Columbia CL-56 lapho i-Columbia ishaywa i-kamikaze. Ngesinye isikhathi, wawela phakathi kwesiphepho sasePacific esasinemimoya eyayihamba ngesivinini samafindo angu - 50. NgoFebruary 1945 kwakufanele aye kulungiswa kabusha, kodwa kwakudingeka enye imikhumbi esikhundleni sayo njengengxenye yokuhlaselwa kwe-Iwo Jima. Wahamba ngomkhumbi owodwa waya e-Iwo Jima, wafika ngosuku lwesibili lokuhlasela, futhi wabelwa umsebenzi ngesikhathi seMpi yase-Iwo Jima enikeza ukusekelwa ngomlilo, ukuhlunga, kanye nomsebenzi we-radar picket kuze kube ngu-27 Mashi. Wadubula ama-round angu-3600 ama-intshi amahlanu e-Iwo Jima phakathi nempi, esuka eningizimu yesiqhingi. 