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 mmiri "Columbia", ọ lụrụ agha na Palau, gụnyere Agha Peleliu, nakwa na agha Leyte
, n'oge nke "Columbia" lụrụ ọgụ na Agha nke Surigao Strait, akụkụ nke Agha nke Leyte Gulf. "Columbia" kwadokwara mwakpo nke Mindoro ma sonye na mwakpo nke Lingayen Gulf na Luzon, n'oge nke atọ "kamikaze" kụrụ "Columbia" na nke e nyere ụgbọ mmiri a Presidential 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.