Ka kammala wannan magana: Sojojin sojan ruwa na 6 sun koma Saipan da zarar Tinian ta samu tsaro. A can, rundunar ta sauya neman neman Jafananci, gudanar da horar da ƙananan ƙungiyoyi, da kuma inganta rayuwa yayin da suke shirya don Operation Iceberg, kamawar Okinawa wanda zai zama dutse na karshe a kan hanya mai tsawo zuwa Tokyo. An sanya 2nd Marine Division a matsayin rundunar soja ta goma. A watan Afrilu na shekarar 1945, wasu daga cikin sojojin sojan ruwa na 6 sun kasance wani ɓangare na rundunar da ke cikin Okinawa amma sun koma Saipan ba tare da zuwa bakin teku ba. Yawancin lokaci a Saipan an sadaukar da shi don shirya don Operation Downfall, mamayewar Japan. An shirya 6th Marines don sauka a Kyūshū a cikin kaka na 1945. Abin farin ciki, ba a bukatar wannan aikin ba lokacin da
Japan ta mika wuya a watan Agusta. Sojojin sojan ruwa na 6 sun yi jigilar jigilar kaya a Japan don aikin aiki a watan Satumbar 1945 kuma sun kasance a can kusan shekara guda kafin su koma jihohi.