Cika wannan jumla:
An kama Emirau ba tare da hamayya ba ta Bataliya biyu na 4th Marine Regiment a ranar 20 ga Maris, 1944. Rundunar Sojojin Ruwa na Sojan Ruwa sun isa jim kadan bayan saukar jiragen sama kuma sun fara gina filayen jirgin sama guda biyu da ke kan tsibirin. Filin jirgin saman Inshore yana da 35 masu tsayayyar hawa biyu masu iya ajiye jiragen sama 210 na jirgin sama ko jirgin sama mai saukar ungulu, yayin da Filin jirgin saman Arewacin Cape yana da 42 masu tsayayyar hawa tare da sarari don ajiye 84 masu jefa bam mai nauyi. Dukansu an sanye su da hasumiya, hasken wuta, da kuma asibiti. Gidan tanki na jirgin sama ya kunshi tankuna uku da goma sha tara tare da wuraren cikawa da rarrabawa. An ajiye ajiyar a cikin ganga. Emirau shine wurin da aka kai hari kan sansanonin Japan a Rabaul da Kavieng.