 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakati paFebruary 1944, 37th Battalion, sechikamu che14th Brigade, yakabatanidzwa muHondo yeGreen Islands, rine zita rokubata rokuti Operation Squarepeg. Chinangwa chacho chaiva chokuwana nhandare yendege yokushandisa mukufambira mberizve muSolomon Islands. Musi waFebruary 15, battalion yacho yakasvika kumadokero kweNissan Island, kunyanya coral reef, pamwe chete ne35th Battalion. Battalion yechi30 yakasvika kumabvazuva kwechitsuwa ichi; pamwe chete, kusvetuka kwacho kwaiva basa guru kwazvo raipararira rakaitwa nemauto eNew Zealand muhondo yacho. Kunyange zvazvo vaJapan vakanga varipo pachitsuwa chacho, kumhara kwacho hakuna kudziviswa. Pakutanga yakaiswa kuchamhembe kwenzvimbo yendege yechitsuwa chacho, yakazotamira kumusha weSior. Kunyange zvazvo maJapan akanzi ari kumaodzanyemba kwechitsuwa chacho, battalion yacho yakaramba ichifambisa mapurisa kuti ive nechokwadi chokuti hapana akanga achiri munzvimbo yavo. Gare gare mumwedzi iwoyo, varwi vebato racho vakamhara pachitsuwa chiduku chinonzi Sau, chiri kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweNissan Island, kuti varwise maJapan aiva ikoko. Vana vakakuvadzwa mukutsinhana pfuti asi uku kushanda kwakapedza nenzira inobudirira kupikisa kupi nokupi kwechiJapan munharaunda yacho. Nechitsuwa cheNissan chakachengetedzwa musi wa 28 Kukadzi, battalion yakashandurwa kuita nzira yekudzivirira yekushanda, kuongorora kurwisa kweJapan uye kubatsira mukuvaka zvivakwa zvinodiwa kubvumira chitsuwa kuti chishandiswe kumhepo nemabasa egungwa. 