Kammala wannan jumla: A watan Afrilu, "U.S. Grant" ya ci gaba da tafiye-tafiye zuwa tashar jiragen ruwa na Alaska da ke dauke da sojoji daga Seattle zuwa sansanonin Amurka a kan yankin Alaska da kuma a cikin Aleutians kuma ya ci gaba da wannan muhimmin al'ada har zuwa bazara na 1942. Ƙungiyar
Yaƙin Tekun Coral a watan Mayu 1942 ya tabbatar wa Jafananci cewa turawa a Tsibirin Midway ya zama dole, a ƙoƙarin janye jirgin ruwan Amurka - musamman ma ƙarancin adadin masu jigilar jiragen sama masu mahimmanci. Sakamakon haka, rundunar sojojin Japan mai ƙarfi ta tashi zuwa Midway, yayin da ƙaramar rundunar aiki ta nufi arewa zuwa Aleutians don ƙaddamar da harin karkatarwa. Jirgin saman da ke jigilar jiragen sama daga mai ɗaukar jirgin ya buge Dutch Harbor, Alaska, a ranar 3 ga Yuni, kuma sojojin Japan sun mamaye tsibirin Attu da Kiska a ranar 7.