Tusi se faaauauga mo lenei palakalafa - Ua toe faaui i tua e Iapani a latou ʻautau mai Gavabutu, ma ua faigofie ai ona puʻeina o ia. Peitaʻi, a o uaʻi atu Torrey i le motu o Levu-Vana, na lē taulau ana taumafaiga ina ia maua nisi meafaitino ma tagata faigaluega, ona o le osofaʻiga a le taʻitaʻiʻau o Douglas MacArthur i le taimi lava e tasi, lea e sili atu ona telē i le taimi o le taua i le Atu Solomona.
. E faigatā tele ona maua ni vaalele suʻesuʻe, ma e na o le tele o vaʻa folau ma vaʻa faaumatia, e aofia ai ma le vaega muamua a Torrey, lea ua taʻitaʻia nei e le kapeteni o Burke. Ina ua taulau le misiona, na iloa ai e Jere le lē faamaoni o Owynn ma Broderick ma na ia toe faaaloalo foʻi i lona tamā.