Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Munguva yeHondo yePacific (Hondo Yenyika II) Zvitsuwa zveEllice zvakashandiswa senzvimbo yekugadzirira kurwiswa kwakazotevera kwegungwa paGilbert Islands (Kiribati) iyo yaigara mauto eJapan
. United States Marine Corps yakasvika paFunafuti musi wa2 Gumiguru 1942. PaFunafuti vagari vepachitsuwa vakachinjirwa kuzvitsuwa zviduku kuitira kubvumira mauto eAmerica kuvaka nhandare yendege (zvino Funafuti International Airport), chipatara chine mibhedha 76 uye nzvimbo dzezvikepe zvegungwa nezvivako zvengarava pachitsuwa cheFongafale.