Faatumu le fuaiupu lenei: O le 164th Infantry Regiment o le Americal Division na auai i gaoioiga i Guadalcanal i le aso 13 o Oketopa 1942 faatasi ai ma le 1st Marine Division o le vaega muamua a le United States Army e faia se osofaʻiga faasaga i le fili i le Pasefika poʻo le Europa Theater of Operations i le taimi o le Taua Lona Lua a le Lalolagi. E toʻavalu isi vaega o le ʻautau a le Iunaite Setete na amataina osofaʻiga tau i le taufaaiʻuiʻuga o le 1942: o le vaega lona 32 ma le vaega lona 41 o le ʻautau o loo i le Pasefika i Niu Kini; ma i
Aferika i Mātū, o le 1st, 3rd, 9th, ma le 34th Infantry Divisions, ma le 1st ma le 2nd Armored Divisions.