Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Emirau akabatwa asina kupikiswa
namaBataiyoni maviri e4th Marine Regiment musi wa20 March 1944. Mauto eNaval Construction Battalions akasvika nokukurumidza pashure pokumhara uye akatanga kuvakwa kwenzvimbo mbiri dzendege dzomugungwa pachitsuwa chacho. Inshore Airfield yaive ne35 double hardstands inokwanisa kupaka 210 ndege dzehondo kana dzakareruka-bhomba, nepo North Cape Airfield yaive ne42 hardstands ine nzvimbo yekupaka 84 mabhomba anorema. Ose akanga akashongedzerwa zvizere neshongwe, chiedza, uye nzvimbo yokurapa. The avhiyesheni tangi papurazi raiva matatu matangi uye gumi nemapfumbamwe pamwe akakodzera kuzadza uye nokuparadzira pfungwa. Zvimwe zvacho zvaichengetwa mumadhiramu. Emirau yaiva nzvimbo yokurwisa nhare dzeJapan paRabaul neKavieng.