I whakaarohia e ia te whakaeke ki te whakakahore i te whakamahinga o nga Moutere o Solomon ki te tonga hei turanga e whakawehi ana i nga huarahi tuku i waenga i te US me Ahitereiria, me te whakamahi i a raatau hei tiimata mo te kaupapa me te whaainga ki te hopu, ki te whakakore ranei i te turanga nui o Japan i Rabaul i te wa e tautoko ana i te kaupapa a Allied New Guinea, me te whaainga whakamutunga ki te whakatuwhera i te huarahi mo te US ki te whakahoki i te Philippines. Ko te US Admiral Chester Nimitz<unk>Al commander-in-chief mo nga ope Allied i te tonga o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa. Ko te US Vice Admiral Robert L. Ghormley i timata i te whakaeke whakaeke tata ki te 3,000 Marines i nga Moutere o Solomon ki te tonga. I roto i te whakahau mo te whakaeke whakaeke i te papa whenua i te taha o te US i te marama o Hōngongoi 26, 1942, i whakauruhia nga kaipuke rererangi o te Moana-a-Mori i te motu o Santo Domingo i te motu
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