Kammala jumla mai zuwa: 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 tsaro 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
mamayewa na Maroko a watan Nuwamba 1942, ayyukan yaƙi a cikin Gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Bahar Rum daga Nuwamba 1942 zuwa Fabrairu 1944, da ayyukan a cikin 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.