<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Izard yakapfuurira mukutsigira vatakuri vanokurumidza vanotanga kurwisa pashure pokurwisa muvengi. Musi wa 4 Chikunguru 1944 yakanga iri muboka rema cruisers matatu nema destroyers mana akarwisa nhandare yendege paIwo Jima. Mukati mechikamu chokutanga chaOctober akabatana neAdmiral John S. McCains task group nokuda kwekurova kuOkinawa neFormosa. Mukati memwedzi yakatevera akatsigira  <response>: Basa reLeyte uye vakapinda muhondo yeLingayen Gulf. Ikoko akanga ari parutivi peColumbia CL-56 apo Columbia yakarohwa nekamikaze. Pane imwe nguva, akafamba nomumhepo ine simba yaiva muPacific iyo yaivhuvhuta nokukurumidza zvikuru. Muna February 1945 aifanira kuenda kunogadziridzwa, asi imwe ngarava yaida kutsiviwa sorutivi rwekurwiswa kweIwo Jima. Akafamba nechikepe chimwe chete kuenda kuIwo Jima, akasvika pazuva rechipiri rekupinda, uye akapihwa basa panguva yeHondo yeIwo Jima achipa rutsigiro rwemoto, kuongorora, uye radar picket basa kusvika 27 Kurume. Yakapfura pfuti 3,600 dzamasendimita mashanu paIwo Jima mukati mehondo, ichipfura kubva kumaodzanyemba kwechitsuwa. 