 On 23 February 1944, the Eniwetok Atoll was declared secured, closing Operation DOWNSIDE.Company D (Scout) performed a series of special missions with 2nd Marine Division's scout company, that included a recon detachment with 1st Battalion, 29th Marine Regiment (1/29).Seizing the summit of Mount Tapochau later repulsed a Japanese counterattack on that highest point of Saipan.