Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Aiva mutungamiriri panguva yaigara maJapan Gilbert Islands
muBetio, Tarawa, kubva munaGunyana 1942 kusvika 22 Kukadzi 1943, mushure mekurwisa kweUS paMakin Island. Nemhaka yekupararira pakati peKwajalein neTarawa (580 nautical miles), musi wa 15 February 1943, Gilbert Islands, Ocean Island, neNauru zvakabviswa pa6th Base Force muKwajalein. Ivo vakatsiviwa pasi pe3rd Special Base Force itsva ine dzimbahwe muBetio, uye Admiral akatsiva Matsuo. Pashure pokurasikirwa nomutungamiriri wake, Matsuo akaita seppuku musi wa 2 May 1943.