Kuunganidzwa kwezvikamu zvemuviri wechiJapan kwakatanga kare muhondo, zvichikurudzira kurongeka kwaSeptember 1942 kwechirango chekuranga kupokana nekutora zviyeuchidzo zvakadaro. Harrison anogumisa kuti, sezvo uyu waive mukana wekutanga chaiwo wekutora zvinhu zvakadaro (Hondo yeGuadalcanal), "[c]larely, kuunganidzwa kwezvikamu zvemuviri pamwero wakakura zvakakwana kunetsekana nezviremera zvemauto kwakatanga nekukurumidza apo miviri yekutanga yevapenyu kana yakafa yechiJapan yakasangana".Pakazadzoserwa zvisaririra zveJapan kubva kuMariana Islands mushure mehondo, angangoita makumi matanhatu muzana zvemuviri wavo zvaishayikwa.Mune memorandamu yaJune 13, 1944, Mutongi Mukuru weUnited States Army, General Advocate (Gramon) Cramon akawedzera kuti: "Iyi yaive sarudzo yakajairika yekurambidza kutyorwa kwevanhu vese vakafa pasi pechirango chekuramisiro yechiJapan uye kurambidza kutyorwa kwevanhu vese vakafa pasi pechirango chekuramisiro yechiJapan uye kurambidzwa kwekuramisiro ye
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