Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I whai wāhi ia ki te whakaeke, te hopu, me te nohoanga o Engebi me Parry Islands, i roto i te Marshall Islands. I whakahuatia te 22 o nga Marines e Major General Thomas E. Watson, te rangatira o te roopu Tactical I, mo to raatau waahanga i te pakanga a Marshalls. Mai i Eniwetok
I muri i te wehenga o te US ki te Tonga i te marama o Hōngongoi, i haere tahi a Gonsalves me te 22nd Marines ki Kwajalein, ki Guadalcanal, hoki ki Kwajelein me Eniwetok, ka eke ki Guam i te marama o Hurae i uru ai ia ki te whakaoranga o taua moutere o Amerika i mua i te pakanga.