 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - MacArthur akanga asina chivimbo zvikuru mumano aBrett somutungamiriri weAllied Air Forces SWPA, uye muna August 1942 akasarudza Major General George C. Kenney kuti amutsive. Kushandiswa kwaKenney kwesimba remhepo mukutsigira mauto epasi aBlamey kwaizokurumidza kuratidza kuve kwakakosha kukunda kwaBlamey muhondo yeWau. MunaSeptember 1942, Mutevedzeri weAdmiral Leary akatsiviwa neMutevedzeri weAdmiral Arthur S. Carpender semutungamiri weAllied Naval Forces SWPA. Panguva iyoyo, MacArthurs naval assets inowanzonzi MacArthurs Navy yaingova nezvikepe zvishanu chete, zvikepe zvisere zvinoparadza, ngarava dzepasi pemvura makumi maviri uye ngarava nomwe diki. Iyi ngarava yakava Seventh Fleet musi wa 15 Kurume 1943, pamberi peOperation Cartwheel. 