Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te 16 o Whiringa-a-rangi, ko te 32nd te tuatahi o nga ope a US ki te whakaeke i nga ope a Iapani. I whai ake ratou i te 163 o nga Rōpū Whakataetae o te 41 o nga Rōpū Whakatere, i tae ki Port Moresby, New Guinea i te 27 o Tihema, a ko ana waahanga tuatahi i rere i runga i te Owen Stanley Range ki te mua o Buna Gona i te 30 o Tihema. I runga i te anga o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, ko nga waahanga tuatahi ki te whakaeke i te whenua ko te 1st Infantry, 3rd Infantry, 9th Infantry, 1st Armored me te 2nd Armored Divisions i
Awherika ki te Raki i te 8 o Noema.