Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: E wuru Abemama Airport na ngwụcha afọ 1943 site na United States Navy Seabees nke 95th Naval Construction Battalion maka United States Army Air Forces. Air Force nke asaa kenyere 30th Bombardment Group n'ọdụ ụgbọ elu na mbido Jenụwarị 1944, na-etinye squadrons anọ nke B-24 Liberator bombu dị arọ na isi. Site na Abemama, ndị USAAF wakporo ndị Japan na Marshall Islands na nkwadebe maka Agha nke Kwajalein Atoll (29 Jenụwarị-3 Febụwarị 1944) na
Agha Eniwetok (17<unk>21 February 1944). Maka United States, agha ndị a nọchiri anya nzọụkwụ na-esote na njem ya na-agafe agwaetiti na Japan, na mmeri dị mkpa maka mmụọ, n'ihi na ọ bụ oge mbụ United States batara na "mpụga mgbanaka" nke mpaghara nchekwa Japan Pacific.