Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A ranar 16 ga Nuwamba 32 ya zama na farko sojojin Amurka don kaddamar da wani ground hari a kan Japan sojojin. An bi su da rukunin mayakan na 163 na rukunin soji na 41, wanda ya isa Port Moresby, New Guinea a ranar 27 ga Disamba, kuma rukunin farko sun tashi sama da Owen Stanley Range zuwa gaban Buna Gona a ranar 30 ga Disamba. A gaban Atlantic, rukunin farko da suka fara kai farmaki a kasa sune 1st Infantry, 3rd Infantry, 9th Infantry, 1st Armored da 2nd Armored Divisions a Arewacin Afirka
a ranar 8 ga watan Nuwamba.