 Pari gbolohun ti o tẹle: Ni ọjọ 30 Oṣu kejila ọdun 1944 Cotten ni TF 38 ti gbe lọ si okun lati ṣe atilẹyin ikọlu ti Luzon nipasẹ ibojuwo lakoko awọn ikọlu lori Formosa, Luzon 67 Oṣu Kini, Camranh Bay, Indo-China; Ilu Họngi Kọngi ati Canton; ati Nansei Shoto. Ní ọjọ 10 oṣù kejìlá, ìgbìmọ alákòókò kíkún tí ó tún jẹ TF 58 dábàá láti ṣí ìwé ìléwọ náà. : Iwo Jima operation with a strike on Honshū on 16 February, with Cotten on the advanced scouting line. Iwo Jima operation with a strike on Honshū on 16 February, with Cotten on the advanced scouting line. Iwo Jima operation with a strike on Honshū on 16 February, with Cotten on the advanced scouting line. Wọn padà sí Iwo Jima láti fò ní ìpamọ lórí àwọn ibi tí wọn ti ń gúnlẹ ní ọjọ 19 oṣù kejìlá. Ayafi fun ibojuwo ikọlu miiran lori Japan ni ọjọ 25 Kínní ati ọkan lori Okinawa ni Oṣu Kẹta Ọjọ 1, Cotten wa lori iṣẹ atilẹyin ina ni Iwo Jima titi di 28 Oṣu Kẹta. Pẹlu oun ti fọ agbegbe naa fun gbigbe ọkọ oju omi Japanese ni ọjọ 14 ati 15 Oṣu Kẹta, ti o nmi awọn ọkọ oju omi ọta meji. 