Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Afrilu, "U.S. Grant" ya ci gaba da tafiye-tafiye zuwa tashoshin jiragen ruwa na Alaska da ke dauke da sojoji daga Seattle zuwa sansanonin Amurka a yankin Alaska da kuma a cikin Aleutians kuma ya ci gaba da wannan muhimmin al'ada har zuwa bazara na 1942. Yaƙin Tekun Coral
a watan Mayu na 1942 ya tabbatar da Jafananci cewa turawa a tsibirin Midway ya zama dole, a kokarin fitar da rundunar sojojin Amurka - musamman ma raguwar adadin masu dauke da jiragen sama. 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.