 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Admiral Robert L. Ghormley, Mutungamiriri, South Pacific Area, akabudisa chirongwa chake cheOperation No. 142 musi wa16 July 1942. Yaifanira kutonga kuitwa kweBasa Rokutanga iro raifanira kukamurwa kuva zvikamu zvitatu. Chokutanga chaizova kurovedza muFiji Islands; chechipiri chaizova kubatwa nokugarwa kweTulagiuye Guadalcanal Operation Watchtower. Mukuwedzera, boka rinoshanda rakaita Operation Cleanslate paRussell Islands muna August 1942. Kubatwa kwakarongwa kweNdeni muSanta Cruz Islands kwaizova danho rechitatu uye rokupedzisira. 