Ia faaauau pea lenei palakalafa - Ina ua mavae le taua i Okinawa, sa sauniuni ai vaega a le 1st Marine Division mo le Osofaʻia o Iapani, ae o le tuuina atu aloaia
i le aso 2 o Setema, 1945, na suia ai fuafuaga. Na siitia Ross i le tulaga o le kolone i le taimi lava lea e tasi ma tofia ai o ia e avea ma pule sili o le 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division i lalo o lana pule muamua, Major General DeWitt Peck. Na faatonuina le 7th Marine Regiment e ō atu i le Itumalo o Hopeh, i Saina, ina ia talia le tuuina atu o fitafita a Iapani i Tientsin ma toe faafoʻi atu i Iapani.