A ranar 18 ga watan Fabrairun shekarar 1944, rundunar sojan ruwa ta 22 karkashin jagorancin Kanar John T. Walker, sun shiga cikin yakin basasa na Amurka.
Yaƙin Eniwetok, a yankin arewa maso yammacin tsibirin Marshall, kama tsibirin Engebi a cikin sa'o'i 6, Eniwetok Atoll a ranar 21 ga Fabrairu tare da Bataliya ta 1 da ta 3 na Rukunin Sojoji na 106 na Rukunin Sojoji na 27, da Parry a ranar 22 ga Fabrairu. Rundunar ta 22 ta ci gaba da Kwajalein da Roi-Namur daga Maris 7 zuwa Afrilu 5. Wannan shi ne na farko na Marine Corps don yin amfani da dabarun wuta a cikin yakin. Ranar 6 ga watan Afrilu, an tura rundunar sojan ruwa zuwa Guadalcanal don hutawa, maye gurbin, da kuma kara horo.