Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ:
Ndị Japan weghaara agwaetiti Gilbert na Betio, Tarawa, site na Septemba 1942 ruo 22 Febụwarị 1943, mgbe mwakpo US na Makin Island gasịrị. N'ihi ebe dị anya n'etiti Kwajalein na Tarawa (580 nautical miles), na 15 Febụwarị 1943, a wepụrụ Gilbert Islands, Ocean Island, na Nauru site na 6th Base Force na Kwajalein. E dochiri ha n'okpuru 3rd Special Base Force ọhụrụ nwere isi ụlọ ọrụ na Betio, Admiral dochiri Matsuo. N'ihi ọnwụ nke iwu ya, Matsuo mere seppuku na 2 Mee 1943.