 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana 23 November 1943, maMarines akatambura kurasikirwa kukuru paTarawa. Mvura yechipiri yezvikepe zvokukwira yakasvika pamhenderekedzo dzemakorari munzvimbo dzisina kudzika zvisingatarisirwi nemhaka yemafungu. Somugumisiro, Admiral Kelly Turner akakumbira kuumbwa kwamapoka mapfumbamwe okuparadza pasi pemvura nokuda kwokuongorora kwokutanga uye kuparadza zvipingamupinyi pamhenderekedzo yegungwa. Vatanhatu vaizogoverwa kuVAC muCentral Pacific nepo vamwe vatatu vaizoenda kuIII Amphibious Corps muSouth Pacific. UDTs 1 ne2 dzaiva nevarume vakanga vaunganidzwa naLT Crist paWaipio. Apo Zvikwata 1 ne2 zvakatanga kuumbwa zvaiva zvenguva pfupi zvine varume 180 vose zvavo. Vatungamiri vekutanga vechikwata chekuputsa pasi pemvura vaive CDR E.D. Brewster CEC UDT 1 uye LT Crist CEC UDT 2. Zvikwata zvacho zvaipfeka zvipfeko zvebasa zvine zvipfeko zvinoponesa uye zvaisatarisirwa kusiya zvikepe zvakafanana neNCDUs. Zvisinei, paKwajalein Fort Pierce muitiro wakashandurwa. Admiral Turner akarayira kuongorora masikati uye CEC. ENS Lewis F. Luehrs naSeabee Chief William Atchison vaipfeka swim trunks pasi pezvokupfeka zvavo vachitarisira kuti havazokwanisi kuwana zvaidiwa naAdmiral nokugara muchikepe. Vakapfekenura ndokupedza maminitsi 45 vari mumvura masikati machena. Pavakabuda vakaendeswa zvakananga kuAdmiral Turners flagship kunoshuma, vachiri mumatanda avo. Admiral Turner akagumisa kuti kuongorora masikati kunoitwa nomunhu mumwe nomumwe akanga achishambira ndiyo yakanga iri nzira yokuwana nayo mashoko akarurama pamusoro pemakorari nezvipingamupinyi zviri pasi pemvura nokuda kwokumhara kwaizouya. Izvi ndizvo zvaakataura kuna Admiral Nimitz. Kubudirira kweavo UDT 1 Seabees vasingatevedzeri purogiramu yeFort Pierce kwakanyorazve muenzaniso webasa reUDT nechirongwa chokurovedza. VaSeabees ivavo vakagadzirawo mufananidzo weUDTs savarwi vasina kupfeka. PaEngebi CDR Brewster akakuvadzwa uye varume vose vaiva neENS Luehrs vaipfeka swim trunks pasi pemagreen avo. 