Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kufungidzira kwenhamba yemauto eJapane paBiak kwakanga kwakakanganiswa nomuganhu wakafanana, kuchiguma nokurasikirwa kukuru. Mu
Hondo yeBiak, kuramba kweJapan kwakamira 41st Infantry Division, uye yakamanikidza mutungamiri wayo, Major General Horace H. Fuller, kukumbira Krueger kuti awedzere. Mukupindura, Krueger akatumira 163rd Regimental Combat Team kubva kuWakde. MacArthur akakurumidza kusashivirira, sezvo aida nhandare dzendege paBiak kutsigira Admiral Chester Nimitz's Invasion yeSaipan. Basa raNimitz pakupedzisira rakaita kuti vaJapan vasafunga nezvaBiack.