 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna November 1943, 27th Infantry Division yakabatanidzwa ne2nd Marine Division kuumba V Amphibious Corps nechinangwa chokupinda nokuchengetedza Gilbert Islands muCentral Pacific. Nepo maMarines akatora donzo guru, Tarawa Atoll Operation Galvanic, Mauto akapihwa basa rekutora Makin Atoll Operation Kourbash approx. Makiromita 120 kuenda kuchamhembe. Mutungamiriri weboka racho, Marine Corps Lieutenant General Holland M. Howlin Mad Smith, aikarira kuti varume 6.500 veuto vaizokwanisa kukurira vadziviriri vechiJapan 800 muzuva rimwe. Akatsamwa paakaudzwa nezvekushayikwa kwekufambira mberi, Holland Smith akaenda kuMakin kunoongorora mamiriro acho ezvinhu: Paakasvika kuRalph Smith HQ akaudzwa kuti kwaive nekurwisana kwakasimba kuchamhembe kwechitsuwa. Achidzora jeep, akaenda kunzvimbo yehondo ndokuiwana, mumashoko ake, yakanyarara seWall Street paSvondo.... Chiitiko ichi ndicho chakaita kuti ukama pakati pemasoja nemauto huve hwakakanganisika zvikuru uye hwakaramba huripo kusvikira hwatopera hondo. Kwakatora mazuva mana akakwana kukunda Makin. 