Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: 3rd Division, pasi pokutungamirira kwaMajor General Jonathan W. Anderson, pashure pokupedza mwedzi yakawanda vachidzidziswa muUnited States pashure pokurwiswa kweJapan kuPearl Harbor, yakatanga kuona chiito munguva yehondo sechikamu cheWestern Task Force muOperation Torch,
kupinda muNorth Africa, kumhara paFedala musi wa8 Mbudzi 1942, uye vakatora hafu yeFrench Morocco. Chikamu chakaramba chiripo kwemwedzi mishoma inotevera uye nokudaro hachina kutora chikamu muTunisian Campaign, iyo yakaguma muna Chivabvu 1943 nekuzvipira kwemauto eAxis anosvika mazana maviri nemakumi mashanu ezviuru avo vakazova vasungwa vehondo (POWs). Ikoko battalion ye30th Infantry Regiment yakaita sevarindi vezvokuchengetedza mukati meCasablanca Conference pakati paJanuary 1943. Mukupera kwaFebruary Major General Anderson akasiya divi uye akatsiviwa naMajor General Lucian K. Truscott, Jr., uyo akatanga hurongwa hwekudzidzisa hwakasimba uye akave nechokwadi chekuti mauto ese muchikamu aigona kufamba mamaira mashanu muawa imwe, uye mamaira mana paawa mushure meizvozvo. Mauto akaritumidza kuti "Truscott Trot". Chikamu chacho chakatanga kurovedza kwakasimba mukubhururuka kunobhururuka.