Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I whai wāhi ia ki a Rear admiral John F. Shafroth Jr. i te whakahau o te Rōpū Taua o te Waranga i te marama o Hune 1945 ā, i muri mai ka uru ia ki ngā mahi moana e tata ana ki te takutai o Kyushu, Japan. Whai muri i te tukunga o Hapani, i uru a Sowell ki te huihuinga tuku
i runga i te kaipuke pakanga "Missouri" i te Mahuru 2, 1945 i Tokyo Bay ka noho ki nga wai o Hapani tae noa ki te timatanga o Oketopa 1945. Na ka arahina e ia tana wehenga ki te United States, ka tae ki San Diego, California i te Oketopa 22, 1945.