Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I kite te tau 1942 i te whakapakari, i te whakaraupapatanga, i te tipu haere o ngā rārangi parekura o te Marine. I te 4 o Hune, i whakaekehia e nga Marines o te 6th Defense Battalion i Midway Island tetahi whakaeke rererangi a Iapani, i whai waahi ki te wikitoria o te pakanga moana
he rau maero te tawhiti. I te 7 o Akuhata, i eke te 3rd Battalion Defense ki Guadalcanal hei tautoko i te 1st Marine Division. Whai muri i te whakahaerenga o Henderson Airfield, i whakawhiwhia e te roopu te haumarutanga o te rohe me te whakahoki i etahi whakaeke a te hoariri.