Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Nguva pfupi mushure mekushanda kwayo 15 June 1942 chiteshi chengarava chaive nebasa rekurwisa kutakura Western Task Force yeNorth Africa yekupinda murwi wekurwisa. Ngarava dzose dzakanga dzakatakura zvombo zvehondo kubva kuUnited States dzichienda kuNorth Africa, kunze kwe39th Combat Team yakapinda muNYPOE, yakatakurwa paHRPOE. Chiteshi chengarava chakadanwazve kuti chiite kurwisa kutakura 45th Infantry Division yakasimbiswa nokuda kwe
Sicily. HRPOE yakanga yagadzira hurongwa hunobudirira umo zvikepe zvakarongedzwa zvakarongedzwa mu "ndege" mbiri umo boka rokutanga raizodzidzira kubuda muChesapeake apo boka rechipiri rakatakura uye boka rechipiri raizodzidzira seyokutanga refueled uye rakapedza zvigadziro.