 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Mune izvo zvakava muitiro wenguva dzose muSWPA, General Headquarters yaMacArthur GHQ yakasarudza zvinangwa, yakaratidza zuva rakatarwa, uye yakapa mauto kuti aite basa racho, ichisiya Alamo Force kuti iite tsanangudzo. Zvisinei, MacArthur akanga asina kuomarara, uye akabvumira Krueger kuchinja nzvimbo dzokugara, uye kunonoka kushanda kwemwedzi. Kunetseka kwaKrueger pamusoro pekugona kwekurasikirwa kukuru mukuchengetedza nzvimbo yeGasmata, uye kusava nechokwadi kana nzvimbo yacho yakakodzera kuvandudzwa kwemhepo, yakatungamira kuti ibviswe senzvimbo. Arawe akatsiviwa, uye ukuru hwebasa rose hwakaderedzwa. Krueger aitarisira kucherechedza 1st Marine Divisions landing paCape Gloucestermuna December 1943, asi akanga asingakwanisi kuita kudaro kutozosvikira kuronga nokuda kwokumhara kwaJanuary 1944 paSaidor kwapera. Akayambuka Dampier Strait ari muchikepe chePT mumamiriro okunze ane dutu. PBY Catalinas dzakatumirwa kumudzosa dzakatadza kumhara, uye aifanira kudzokera pachikepe chinoparadza. 