Ku dhammaystir weedha soo socota:
Qabsashada Japan ee Jasiiradaha Gilbert ee Betio, Tarawa, laga bilaabo Sebtember 1942 ilaa 22 Febraayo 1943, ka dib duulaankii Mareykanka ee Jasiiradda Makin. Sababtoo ah masaafada u dhexeysa Kwajalein iyo Tarawa (580 mayl badda), Febraayo 15, 1943, Jasiiradaha Gilbert, Jasiiradda Badweynta, iyo Nauru ayaa laga saaray Ciidanka Saddexaad ee Saldhigga ee Kwajalein. Waxaa lagu beddelay saldhig cusub oo ah Saldhigga 3aad ee Gaarka ah oo xaruntiisu tahay Betio, waxaana Admiral beddelay Matsuo. Ka dib markii uu lumiyay amarkiisa, Matsuo wuxuu sameeyay seppuku 2dii Maajo 1943.