 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Liscome Bay yakapiwa kumasimba ehondo anotsigira kupinda kweMakin. Kurwisa mabhomba kwakazivisa kurwisa kukuru kwokutanga kwehondo yezvikepe zveU.S. kupinda pakati pePacific kwakatanga musi wa20 November na5 mangwanani. Kwapera maawa 76 chete, Tarawa neMakin Islands zvose zvakatorwa. Ndege dzeLiscome Bay dzakanga dzaita basa rinokosha mukutora Makin, dzichipa rutsigiro rwomumhepo rwakavharika uye dzichirova nzvimbo dzechiJapan. Pakazara, 2,278 misasa yakaitwa neboka rebasa rinotakura mukutsigira Operation Galvanic, iyo yakasvibisa nzvimbo dzendege dzevavengi, yakatsigira mauto eU.S. kumhara uye kushanda kwevhu nemabhomba uye misasa yekuputika, uye yakabata ndege dzevavengi. Zvitsuwa zvacho pazvakanga zvava kuchengetedzwa, mauto ehondo okuUnited States akatanga kudzokera kumashure. Zvisinei, Liscome Bay yakaramba iine vamwe vose veboka rayo rebasa sezvo Marines akachenesa kurwisana paButaritari Island. 