 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Walker akapfuura nePanama Canal pana 1 November 1943 ndokuenderera mberi kubatana nemauto akabatanidzwa mukukunda Tarawa. Pashure pemwedzi wokushanda munharaunda iyoyo, muparadzi wacho akatora rutivi muMarshall Islands campaign kubva 29 January kusvika 8 February 1944. Akabatanidza masimba kuFunafuti nokuda kwekupinda kweKwajalein; uye, sechikamu chechikamu chinorema chekurwisa mabhomba, akabatanidzwa mune zvakawanda zvekurwisa mabhomba paWotje neTaroa. Kuramba kwechiJapan bedzi kwakasangana kwakabva kumabhatiri omumahombekombe ayo akakundikana kurova chiratidzo chawo. 