Those familiar with World War II history know that American forces, under South West Pacific Area Supreme Allied Commander Douglas MacArthur, took this important military base as part of the "island-hopping" strategy that led to Allied control of the South Pacific.
熟悉二次大戰歷史的人們會知道，在盟軍麥克阿瑟負責的太平洋西南戰區裡，美軍以「跳島戰術」奪取了這一個重要的軍事基地，徹底獲得南太平洋的控制權。