PLATE 2. ISLAND JANET (ENJEBI), DECEMBER, 1943. Janet was one of the few islands in the Atoll that could accommodate a runway properly oriented with respect to the predominant wind direction. The heaviest hand-to-hand combat among U.S. and Japanese troops occurred near the center of the island where coconuttrees, blown dawn by the preinvasion bombardment, afforded the best surroundings for this type of combat. 22