Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An kunna shi a matsayin Squadron na 58th Pursuit (wani ɓangare na Ƙungiyar 33d Pursuit) da ke zaune a Mitchel Field, New York, an caje squadron tare da ci gaba da aikin kare iska na Amurka. Lokacin da Amurka ta shiga yakin duniya na biyu, 58th ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a yakin basasa ta hanyar shiga cikin ayyukan da dama a lokacin yawon shakatawa na shekaru uku. Wadannan ayyukan sun hada da mamayewar Morocco
a watan Nuwamba na 1942, ayyukan yaki a filin wasan kwaikwayo na Bahar Rum daga Nuwamba 1942 zuwa Fabrairu 1944, da kuma ayyukan da aka yi a yakin China-Burma-India, Afrilu 1944 zuwa Agusta 1945. A lokacin ayyukan a cikin Gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Bahar Rum, 58th ya sami laƙabi "Gorillas" don fasahohin yaƙin kama-da-wane da ya yi amfani da su. Yayin da yake aiki a cikin gidajen wasan kwaikwayo daban-daban, 58th ya tashi P-40 Warhawk, P-47 Thunderbolt, da P-38 Lightning. Sakamakon kyakkyawan aikinsa, 58th ya sami lambar yabo ta Musamman don ayyukan yaƙi da aka gudanar a tsakiyar Tunisia.