Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - LeBourgeois ọrụ mbụ ya bụ onye ọrụ egbe na-arụ ọrụ n'ụgbọ mmiri ọkụ, mgbe ahụ na-alụ ọgụ megide ndị Japan na Pacific. N'ụgbọ "Columbia" ọ hụrụ ihe na Palau mkpọsa, gụnyere Agha Peleliu, na na Leyte mkpọsa, n'oge nke "Columbia" lụrụ ọgụ na Agha nke Surigao Strait, akụkụ nke Agha nke Leyte Gulf. "Columbia" kwadokwara mwakpo e wakporo Mindoro
ma sonye na mwakpo nke Lingayen Gulf na Luzon, n'oge nke "kamikaze" atọ kụrụ "Columbia" na nke e nyere ụgbọ mmiri ahụ Onye isi ala Unit Citation. Mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, "Columbia" rụrụ ọrụ iji kwado mwakpo nke Balikpapan ma sonye na mwepụ nke ụgbọ mmiri na 1945 na South China Sea.