Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 1942 i whakapakarihia, i whakahoutia, i whakatipuhia hoki nga ropu tiaki 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
he whawhai moana 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.