Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei irava - I runga i te tohu wehenga motuhake, ko te saltire puru (te ripeka o St. Andrew) e tohu ana ki New Caledonia i te tonga ki te hauauru o te Moananui a Kiwa i hangaia ai te wehenga ka whakahohe tuatahi i te 27 o Mei 1942. Ko ia o nga whetu ma e wha e tohu ana i te aorangi o te Hauauru o te Hauauru i runga i tana tohu wehenga, me nga pakanga e wha o te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao (Guadalcanal, Northern Solomons
, Leyte me te tonga o Philippines) i uru atu ai te wehenga. Ko te punga e pa ana ki te Presidential Unit Citation (Navy) i whakawhiwhia ki te wehenga mo Guadalcanal. Ko te tihi pere whero me te ra o Philippines e tohu ana i te whakaekenga whakaeke, ki te Tonga o Philippines, me te whakawhiwhinga ki te Tohu Tohu a te Perehitini o Philippines (7 Oketopa 1944 ki te 4 Hurae 1945). Ko te hoari e kore e tuhia ana me te pito ki runga e pa ana ki Vietnam i reira te wehenga i kaha ai. I te tirohanga o te takenga mai o te wehenga me te ratonga nui i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, me te mea koinei tetahi o nga wehenga o te US Army ki te kawe i tetahi ingoa hei utu mo te nama, ko te ingoa o mua o te wehenga "Americal" kua tangohia hei kupu whakahau, ko te hononga ki taua ingoa he mea whakaaweawe, he mea nui hoki ki te hitori.