Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: McCrary akabva apiwa basa rokuunganidza boka renhau dzehondo dzomumhepo kuti dzifukidze Twentieth Air Force. Vanyori venhau vakashanyira Europe mumavhiki pashure peV-E Day vari muB-17 yakagadzirirwa yakagadzirirwa nemichina yeredhiyo ine simba guru yemasaisai mapfupi. Vakatanga neParis ndokupfuurira kunzvera zvakananga ruparadziko rwakabva mumibato yekurwisa mabhomba yeAllied pa
Hamburg neDresden. Muna September iwoyo, vakanga vari pakati pavaAmerica vokutanga kupinda muHiroshima pashure pokurwiswa kwebhomba reatomu. McCrary akarayira vatori venhau kuti vasashumire pamusoro pebhomba racho, nokuti akanzwa kuti vanhu vokuAmerica vakanga vasingagoni kutarisana nezvinoitika zvezvakakonzerwa nebhomba racho, asi John Hersey akafukidza nhau yacho mu"The New Yorker". Mumwedzi mishomanana yakatevera boka racho rakashanyira Asia, richiita kumira muChina, French Indochina, Thailand, Burma, Malay States neJava.