 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pakupera kwekupinda kweMarshall, mauto eUnited States akanga apfuurira kusvika panenge pakati pePearl Harbor neJapan. Pakazosvika June, mauto okurwisa akanga aunganidzwa kuti arwise Zvitsuwa zveMariana, boka rinotevera rezvitsuwa munzira yokuenda kunyika yokumusha kweJapan. Musi wa15 June maMarine akasvika paSaipanuye vhiki nhatu gare gare chitsuwa chacho chakarangarirwa kuva chakachengeteka nokuda kwamauto eAmerica. Mukati meimwe vhiki, Seventh Air Force yakatamisa 48th Bombardment Squadron kuSaipan kuti ibatsire mukunyorovesa dziviriro dzemuvengi mukugadzirira kupinda kunotevera muMarianas. Kwevhiki rimwe boka rechi48 nedzimwe zvikamu zvakarwisa Guam neTinian. Ipapo pana July 21, mauto eUnited States akapinda muGuam uye mazuva matatu gare gare akapinda muTinian. Kwemavhiki matatu akatevera, 48th yakapa rutsigiro rwakasimba kumapoka epasi nokurwisa uye kubhomba nzvimbo dzevavengi. Musi waAugust 19, 48th Squadron yakadzokera kuGroup, iyo yakanga yava ku Makin muGilbert Islands. Zvichakadaro, vakasara veBoka rechi41 vakaramba vachiita basa risina basa rokubvisa zvigaro zvemuvengi muMarshall Islands uye kupamba zvinangwa zvemuvengi kumabvazuva kweCarolines. 