A watan Fabrairun shekarar 1942, an sanar da rundunar soji ta 41 cewa za ta je kasashen waje. Ya ba da alhakin tsaro na bakin teku zuwa 3rd Infantry Division kuma ya mayar da hankali a Fort Lewis. Na farko da ya tashi shi ne 162 na Infantry, 641 na Tank Destroyer Battalion, da kuma 41st Reconnaissance Troop, wanda ya shiga daga baya wannan watan don Fort Dix. Wannan rukuni ya bar Brooklyn Navy Yard a ranar 3 ga Maris 1942 kuma ya tashi zuwa Pacific ta hanyar Panama Canal, ya isa Melbourne a ranar 9 ga Afrilu. Sun kasance daga cikin rukunin sojojin Amurka na farko da suka shiga cikin ayyukan yaƙi na ƙasa. (Sauran sun kasance na 32 wanda ya riga su zuwa yaƙi a New Guinea; Amurka da 1st Marine a Guadalcanal, Carlson's Raiders a Makin Island; da 9th, 3rd Infantry da 2nd Armored Divisions waɗanda suka yi yaƙi a
Arewacin Afirka.)