Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - "Izard" ya ci gaba da tallafawa masu saurin jigilar jiragen sama da ke kaddamar da hari bayan hari kan abokan gaba. A ranar 4 ga Yuli 1944 yana cikin rukuni na masu jirgi uku da masu hallaka hudu waɗanda suka harba filin jirgin sama a Iwo Jima. A lokacin farkon watan Oktoba ya shiga aikin Admiral John S. McCain don hare-hare a kan Okinawa da Formosa. A cikin watanni masu zuwa ta goyi bayan aikin Leyte
kuma ya halarci yakin Lingayen Gulf. A can ta kasance kusa da "Columbia" (CL-56) lokacin da kamikaze ya buge "Columbia". A wani lokaci, ta bi ta tsakiyar guguwar da ke Tekun Fasifik da iska take yi da saurin mil 50. A watan Fabrairun 1945 ya kamata ya tafi don gyarawa, amma wani jirgin yana buƙatar maye gurbinsa a matsayin wani ɓangare na harin Iwo Jima. Ta yi tafiya tare da wani jirgi zuwa Iwo Jima, ya isa a rana ta biyu na mamayewa, kuma an ba shi aiki a lokacin yakin Iwo Jima yana ba da tallafin wuta, dubawa, da kuma aikin radar har zuwa ranar 27 ga Maris. Ta harbe 3,600 inci biyar a Iwo Jima a lokacin yakin, yana harbi daga Kudancin tsibirin.