Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - Mgbe a gbasasịrị ya, "Sappho" hapụrụ Norfolk n'ụbọchị 28 nke ọnwa Mee n'afọ 1945, were ibu na ndị ọrụ gaa Honolulu, ebe ọ bịarutere n'ụbọchị 18 nke ọnwa Juun. N'abalị iri abụọ na itoolu n'ọnwa Juun, ọ gawara Palmyra Atoll na Fanning Island, laghachi Honolulu n'abalị iri na otu n'ọnwa Julaị. Ụgbọ mmiri ahụ malitere ọzụzụ amphibious n'akụkụ agwaetiti Maui n'ụbọchị 4 nke ọnwa Ọgọstụ mana ọ kwụsịrị ọzụzụ ahụ obere oge ka ndị Japan nyefere onwe ha.
n'etiti ọnwa Ọgọst. Na 1 Septemba, ọ hapụrụ Pearl Harbor na ndị agha na-arụ ọrụ na Japan, na-abata na Sasebo na 22 Septemba. Ọ gara njem na Manila, laghachi na Sasebo na 20 Ọktọba ebe ọ gara maka ọrụ "Magic Carpet". "Sappho" mere njem abụọ na-ebu ndị agha n'ụlọ; otu si Sasebo, Japan, na otu si Shanghai, China, tupu a tọhapụ ya n'ọrụ "Magic Carpet" na Seattle na 10 Jenụwarị 1946.