The Director Task Force launched its attack on 16 January.
The Director Task Force was supported by Allied naval and air units.
After establishing its beachhead, the Director Task Force conducted a series of reconnaissance patrols.
In the period immediately after the Japanese withdrawal, the Director Task Force remained at Arawe.
The main body of the Director Task Force was to land at House Fireman Beach on the Arawe Peninsula at about dawn.
The Director Task Force was centered around the U.S. Army's 112th Cavalry Regimental Combat Team (112th RCT).
The 2nd Battalion of the 158th Infantry Regiment was held in reserve to reinforce the Director Task Force if required.
This force, designated the Director Task Force, was concentrated at Goodenough Island where it was stripped of all equipment not needed for combat operations.
The 112th Cavalry Regiment was informed that it was to be deployed in New Guinea in early June, and the Director Task Force was dissolved at this time.
The Director Task Force subsequently established a number of observation posts along the southern coast of New Britain and increased the distances covered by its reconnaissance patrols.
The U.S. Navy's Beach Party Number 1 would also be landed with the Director Task Force and remain at Arawe until the beachhead was secured.
