 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kugara kwevanhu muUnited States kwakaguma musi waDecember 8, 1941, zuva rakatevera kurwiswa kwePearl Harbor. Howland naBaker vakaputirwa nebhomba, uye vaviri vavagari veHowland vana vakafa. Kunyange zvazvo Wake IslandWake iri kumadokero kweInternational Date Line, uye kurwiswa kweWake kwakaitika maawa mashomanene bedzi pashure pokurwiswa kwePearl Harbor. Vagari vokupedzisira vezvitsuwa zveJarvis, Howland, Baker, uye Enderbury vakabviswa muna February 1942. Canton, kune rumwe rutivi, yakanga yava nzvimbo yekuzadza mafuta yendege yekutengesa na1939, yakagamuchira kuvapo kwemauto munguva yeHondo Yenyika II, uye inoramba ichigara kubvira muna 2010. 