Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - USAT "Meigs" na daga cikin rundunar Pensacola da ke kokarin karfafa Philippines a farkon matakan Yakin Pacific kuma an gudanar da shi a Fiji lokacin da ya bayyana cewa Jafananci sun riga sun mamaye Philippines. Duk da shawarar da sojoji suka yanke na dawo da jerin gwano zuwa Hawaii ko Yammacin Tekun, shawarar shugaban kasa ta tura jiragen zuwa Ostiraliya don neman taimakon Philippines daga can. Bayan kasancewa wani ɓangare na wani jirgin ruwa wanda ba a yi nasara ba, wanda ya biyo baya da kuma ƙananan masu ba da izini, wanda ya tashi a ranar 15 ga Fabrairun 1942 a ƙoƙarin ƙarfafa tsibirin Timor
, ta koma garin Darwin na Australiya, Yankin Arewa.