<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Emuva eGuam, iButho Lesithathu laqala ukuzilungiselela ukufika eMiyako Jima, isiqhingi esiseningizimu ye-Okinawa. Leyo miyalo yagcina ikhanseliwe, kodwa ibutho laqhubeka nokulwa okuncane ngo-1945, labamba iqhaza emisebenzini emibili eGuam eyayihloselwe ukubamba amasosha aseJapane ayesabambelele emagqumeni. Lokhu kuhlola kwenzeka ngo-April nango-December 1945. I- 3rd Battalion nayo yaqala ukulungiselela i-Operation Olympic, lapho njengengxenye ye-V Amphibious Corps, yayiyofika eKushikino, Kagoshima, eKyūshū. Ngemva kokulahlwa kwamabhomu e - athomu ngo - August 1945, nokuzinikela kweJapane  <response>: I- 3rd Battalion yahlukaniswa ne-3rd Marine Division ngoNovemba 1945 futhi yavalwa ngenyanga elandelayo ngoDisemba 20, 1945. Kodwa-ke, ngaphambi nje kokuthi icishwe, i- 3rd Battalion yabhekana nodumo olungabazekayo lokuba nomuntu wokugcina waseMelika owabulawa eMpini Yezwe Yesibili, lapho i-PFC W.C. Patrick Bates yaseKilo Company yadutshulwa ngumcibisheli waseJapan ngoDisemba 14 ngesikhathi sokuhlanza eGuam izinyanga ezintathu ngemuva kokuphela okusemthethweni kwezitha. 