Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Muna November 1944, "Mitchell" yakaita rwendo rwayo rwokutanga rwezvakawanda kuenda kunzvimbo inochengeterwa ngarava dzehondo paUlithi Atoll, iri muCaroline Islands. Panguva iyoyo, Ulithi yakashanda senzvimbo yokufambira mberi yeUnited States Navy Pacific Operations; chiteshi chayo chaigona kukwana ngarava 700 panguva imwe chete, chinzvimbo chinopfuura zvose zviri zviviri Pearl Harbor naMajuro. Ngarava dzokugadzira, ngarava dzokunwisa doro, zvikepe zvinotakura ice cream, uye zviteshi zvengarava zvinotakura zvinhu zvakazara pachiteshi chengarava chaiva pakati. Chitsuwa cheMog Mog, chiri kuchamhembe kwechitsuwa chacho, chakashanda senzvimbo yokuzororera yevarume vaiva pachitsuwa chacho; nhandare dzebaseball, imba yemitambo iri panze, chechi inokwana vanhu 500, nezvimwe zvivako zvakavakwa. Pashure pokubatwa kweLeyte Gulf
muna October 1944, Navy yakatanga kutamisa hwaro hwayo hwekumberi hwekufambisa kuenda kuPhilippines uye Ulithi yakasiyiwa zvishoma nezvishoma neNavy uye yakakurumidza kukanganwika. Kunyange zvazvo vanhu vashomanene vakanzwa nezveUlithi kana basa rinokosha rayo, kweinenge mwedzi 7 Ulithi yakashanda senzvimbo ine ngarava dzakawanda zvikuru munyika yose uye yakanga iri chinhu chinokosha mukukunda kweAmerica muPacific.