Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna April akaongorora Carrier TF 16, iyo yakatanga B-25 muHalsey-Doolittle Raid yakakurumbira paTokyo nemamwe maguta eJapan ndokudzokera kuPearl Harbor musi wa25. Ngarava idzodzo dzakamhanyira mazuva mashanu gare gare kuzosimbisa vatakuri vakananga ku
Hondo yeGungwa reCoral. Rakakundwa simba ra"Ellet" risati rasvika ikoko, naizvozvo TF 16 yakadzokera kuPearl Harbor. TF 16 yakabva kuPearl Harbor musi wa 28 May 1942 zvakare kuti inobatana neTask Force 17 (TF 17). Pamwe chete vakadzosera kumashure ngarava dzeJapan muHondo yeMidway musi wa4, 5 na6 Chikumi. MaJapan akarasikirwa nengarava dzinotakura zvinhu ina, ndege zhinji, uye vatyairi vanoverengeka vasingagoni kutsiviwa. "Ellet" yakadzokera kuPearl Harbor musi wa13 June kunogadzirira kupinda muSolomon Islands, hondo yokutanga yeAmerica yenyika yehondo.