 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Washington, ichiri ngarava huru yaLee, yakaburitswa musi wa11 Mbudzi mukambani nezvikepe zveBatDivs 8 ne9, uye mazuva mana gare gare vakabatana neTG 50.1, yakanangana nemutakuri. Ngarava dzakapfuurira kuenda kuGilbert Islands, uko varwi vehondo vakanga vachigadzirira kumhara paTarawa. Vatakuri veTF 50 vakatanga kurwisa kwavo musi wa19 Mbudzi, vachienderera mberi zuva rakatevera sezvo ma marines akaenda kumhenderekedzo paTarawa naMakin. Kurwisa kwacho kwakaramba kuchienderera mberi kusvikira musi wa22 November, apo ngarava dzakananga kuchamhembe kweMakin kunochengetedza nzvimbo yacho. Musi wa 25 Mbudzi, mapoka eTF 50 akarongedzerwazve uye Washington akaendeswa kuTG 50.4, pamwe chete nevatakuri uye uye hondo dzehondo South Dakota uye. 