Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: 1942 hụrụ battalion nchebe ndị agha mmiri ka ha na-ewusi ike, na-agbanwegharị ma na-eto. N'abalị anọ nke ọnwa Juun, ndị agha mmiri nke 6th Defense Battalion na Midway Island gbochiri mwakpo ụgbọelu ndị Japan, nke nyere aka na mmeri nke ndị agha Japan.
agha mmiri ọtụtụ narị kilomita site n'ebe ahụ. N'abalị asaa n'ọnwa Ọgọstụ, ndị otu 3rd Defense Battalion gara Guadalcanal iji kwado ndị otu 1st Marine Division. Mgbe emechara Henderson Airfield, ndị battalion weere nchekwa gburugburu ma gbochie ọtụtụ ọgụ ndị iro.