 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pakazosvika pakati pa1942, Hunter Liggett akanga apiwa basa muDhipatimendi Rokutakura 17, raiva nebasa rokutsigira Hondo yeGuadalcanal. Mukugadzirira kurongwa kwema amphibious operations, vashandi veNavy vakatanga kudzidziswa sevanobata zvikepe zvidiki pasi pekudzidziswa kweCoast Guard; nekuda kwekushomeka kwe coxswains, Munro naEvans vakazvipira kujoina kudzidziswa. Pamberi pekumhara kwekutanga paHondo yeTulagi neGavutuTanambogoMunro akaiswa mudare raRear Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner muUSS McCawley. Akadzidziswa zvose zviri zviviri kuva mutyairi wengarava uye mutyairi wemasaini, akarayirwa kutakura mauto kumahombekombe panguva yechitatu yekurwiswa, ipapo kumhenderekedzo yegungwa chikepe chake uye kuzvibatanidza pachake kune chikwata cheU.S. Marine kuti abatsire kutarisira chikepe-kune-mumahombekombe kutaurirana. 