Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Duk da haka, don kare hanyoyin sufuri da kuma muhimman bukatun, Sarki ya aika da jiragen ruwa na kudancin Pacific USS "Lexington" a watan Janairun 1942 da USS "Yorktown" a watan da ya biyo baya. Wata daya bayan haka, a farkon Maris, ya gabatar da dabarun sa ga Shugaba Roosevelt da Joint Chiefs don riƙe Hawaii, tallafawa Ostiraliya, da matsawa arewa daga sansanin Allied a New Hebrides a kan Jafananci. An iyakance shi, duk da haka, don amfani da alkawurran ma'aikata na yanzu zuwa Pacific, to, a kan sojojin sojojin 41,000 da 15,000 Marines. Yana da wani tunani na Admiral King ta tashin hankali, juriya, da kuma tasiri cewa, duk da "Turai na farko" fifiko, kusan dukkan sojojin Amurka da aka tura kasashen waje a lokacin watanni shida na farko na yaki ya tafi Pacific da kuma cewa na farko Amurka offensive na yaki da aka a Guadalcanal maimakon a
Arewacin Afirka.