Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I New Guinea, he whenua kahore he rori, me kawe ngā tāngata me ngā rawa i runga i te tauine nui mā te waka rererangi, mā ngā kaipuke rānei. I whakamahia he huarahi maha ki te whakaoti i tēnei raruraru. I tukuna atu nga kaipuke taunga ki Ahitereiria, i reira i whakahiatohia ai ki Cairns. Ko te whānuitanga o enei waka rererangi iti ka tino whakawhānuihia e nga kaipuke rererangi o Rear Admiral Daniel E. Barbey's VII Amphibious Force, i timata ki te tae mai i te mutunga o te tau 1942. Ko te kaha o Barbey he waahanga o te Seventh Fleet hou a Carpender. I ripoata a Carpender ki a MacArthur hei Kaiwhakahaere Matua o te Allied, SWPA, engari ki a Admiral Ernest King hei Kaiwhakahaere o te Seventh Fleet, he waahanga no te King's United States Fleet. I te mea kaore he kaipuke rererangi o te Seventh Fleet, ko te whānuitanga o nga mahi moana SWPA i whakawhitingahia e te rererangi rererangi o te Fifth Air Force. Ahakoa i tae mai etahi toa P-38 Lightning roa ki SWPA i te mutunga o te tau 1942, i whakamutua nga tuku atu na nga tono a Operation Torch
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