Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Ma22nd Marines akatumirwa kunzvimbo yehondo yePacific uye gare gare akasvika muSamoa pakupera kwaJune. Colonel Walker akazotungamira chikwata ichi, icho chakasarudzwa sechikwata chakazvimiririra panguva yekudzivirirwa kwechitsuwa uye chakaitawo kudzidziswa kwakanyanya kwemasango. Walker haana kuona hondo kutozosvikira February 1944, apo boka rake rakabatanidzwa mu
Hondo yeEniwetok. Akaburuka paEngebi Island musi wa 18 Kukadzi zvichitevera kurwisa kweNaval. Walker akaisa nzvimbo yake yokurayira pamhenderekedzo yegungwa uye akapinda mukurwisana, apo varwi vechiJapan vanenge chiuru vakaurawa ne85 chete vakafa uye vakanga vasipo pamwe chete nevarwi vokuAmerica 166 vakanga vakuvara. Musi waFebruary 22, Walker ne22nd Marines vake vakapinda muParry Island uye vakaramba vachirwisa muvengi kwemaawa gumi anotevera.