Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Ko te Rōpū Taumahi 77 te mana whakaeke matua o te Wharekura Tuwhitu, te mana moana matua o te Rohe o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa o te Moana-a-Kiwa. Hei tauira, i tautoko te Rōpū Taumahi 77.2 i ngā taunga whenua i te Pakanga o Biak
i te takutai ki te raki o New Guinea, ā, i whakahaua e Rear-Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf.