Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: "Tennessee" uye matatu "New Mexico" -kirasi yehondo yakasimuka musi wa15 Kurume sechikamu cheboka rebasa raisanganisira vatakuri vaviri vekutakura uye gumi nevashanu vanoparadza. Boka racho raiva nechinangwa chechiteshi cheJapan paKavieng kuchamhembe kweNew Ireland, chikamu cheBismarck Archipelago. Kurwisa kwacho kwakanga kuri rutivi rwomutambo wokupedzisira weOperation Cartwheel, chirongwa chokuparadzanisa nokusavhiringidza hwaro hukuru hweJapan paRabaul; nepo boka re"Tennessee" rakapamba Kavieng sokutsausa, uto revarwi vehondo raizopinda muKavigong kuti ridzivirire.
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