Lieutenant General George Kenney, the commander of Allied Air Forces in the South West Pacific Area, went to MacArthur and proposed that the unoccupied islands be quickly taken by a small force.
Generalløjtnant George Kenney, som var chef for de allierede luftstyrker i det sydvestlige stillehav gik til MacArthur og foreslog at de ubesatte øer skulle erobres i en fart af en mindre styrke.