 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakupera kwaDecember, vanoparadza vakaenda kuPearl Harbor kunogadzirira kurwisa kunotevera, vachibva musi wa22 January 1944 vachienda kuMarshall Islands. Richibetserwa noruzivo rwakanga rwawana muzviitiko zvakapfuura, Mauto Emasoja akatanga kurwisa kwakarongeka paKwajalein Atollmusi wa31 January. John Rodgers akagovera anti-aircraft uye anti-submarine kudzivirirwa, uye akatsigira mauto ekumhara nepfuti dzake dze5-inch. Pashure pokuguma kwekuramba kweJapan musi waFebruary 7, akaongorora nzvimbo yeMarshall Island kusvikira pakupera kwaMarch. Mumwedzi waApril, akafambisa ngarava dzaiunza mauto nezvimwe zvaidiwa pakurwiswa kweHolland. 