 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Usiku hwaDecember 15, ngarava yokuyamura yeU.S. Navy, William Ward Burrows, yakasvika pakuvira kwezuva kuti iise zvinhu zvaifanira kuendeswa kuMarines akaganhurirwa paWake, nokudzorera vanobatira vanhu voga ndokudzokera kuPearl Harbor. Mitezo yavashandi veBurrows navaMarines vari paJohnston vakaona chiedza chiri mugungwa. Mvura yokutanga yemagomba yakamhara paJohnston uye inenge imwe yakarova imba yemagetsi, ichikonzera moto wakaparadza chivako chacho. MaMarine akadzorera moto kwemaminiti gumi kutozosvikira ngarava yepasi pegungwa yamira kupfura. 