After a week of fighting, the division secured the islands of the atoll.
The division also secured Hill 178 in the fighting.
The division then took part in the advance to and securing of the River Maas.
The division also secured and defended forward outposts beyond the main line of resistance.
"The division will secure those, and the United States will ex-ploit them," Morrell said.
Thereafter the division would hold and secure the corridor and bridgehead.
Hood's division secured Devil's Den and the southern part of Houck's Ridge.
The division met little opposition and secured the planned perimeter line around the airfield area that afternoon.
The division had attained its objective and had secured the access roads into southern Abyssinia before the onset of the seasonal rains.
At the end of the war, the division was securing the left flank of the XV Corps.
