Tusi se faʻaauau mo lenei parakalafa - O le 1st Amphibious Brigade na faʻatuina ia Novema 16, 1943 i lalo o le faʻatonuga a le Lieutenant General Yoshimi Nishida mai le Manchukuo-based IJA 3rd Independent Garrison Unit. I le ogatotonu o Tesema 1943, na amata ai ona malaga le vaega a le IJN ma taunuu ai i le taimi lava na sosoo ai i Truk, lea na tuu ai i lalo o le IJN 4th Fleet. Na tofia e le Imperial General Headquarters i Eniwetok e tetee atu i se osofaʻiga a le Allied: ae ui i lea, na leiloa le brigade i le magoto o le "Aikoku Maru" i Truck i le aso 17 Fepuari 1944 i le taimi o le Operation Hailstone. E toʻa 800 isi tagata, e aofia ai le Lutena Sili o Nishida na fasiotia i le Taua i Eniwetok
mai le aso 17-23 Fepuari 1944 e le United States Marine Corps. Na auina atu le vaega na totoe o tagata ma taavale i Palau ma tuufaatasia i le IJA 53rd Independent Mixed Brigade ia Me 1944.