Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te wā o te
Ko te nohoanga a Hapani o nga Moutere o Gilbert i Betio, Tarawa, mai i te Mahuru 1942 ki te 22 Hui-tanguru 1943, whai muri i te whakaekenga a US ki Makin Island. Na te tawhiti i waenga o Kwajalein me Tarawa (580 maero moana), i te 15 o Hui-tanguru 1943, i tangohia nga Moutere o Gilbert, Moutere Moana, me Nauru mai i te 6th Base Force i Kwajalein. I whakakapia ratou i raro i te 3rd Special Base Force hou me te tari matua i Betio, a ka whakakapia e Admiral a Matsuo. Whai muri i te ngaro o tana whakahau, i mahi a Matsuo i te seppuku i te 2 o Mei 1943.