 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakazosvika July 1943, Chikamu chechi7 chakanga chiri munzira kudzokera kuPort Moresby. Vasey akabhururuka kuti aite gadziriro naHerring nomukuru wehondo muNew Guinea, Major General Ennis Whitehead weU.S. Fifth Air Force. Zvichida akafuridzirwa nezvakaitika kwaari paKrete, Vasey akakarakadza kushandisa maparatroops, uye akamanikidza vakuru vake kuti vawane chikwata chose panzvimbo pebato raakanga apiwa pakutanga. Hondo itsva yakavhurwa nenzira inoshamisa musi wa5 Gunyana 1943 nekudonha kweparachute kweUS 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment masikati machena kuti vatore nzvimbo yekubhururuka paNadzabmuMupata weMarkham. Vakakurumidza kusimbiswa nemauto eAustralia nePapua akanga afambira mberi nepanyika kubva kuWau, uye ipapo ne7th Divisions 25th Infantry Brigade, iyo yakabhururuka nemhepo. 