Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - The 163rd Infantry Regiment of the Montana Guard yakaumba chikamu che41st Infantry Division, iyo yakarwa kuburikidza nePacific munguva yeHondo Yenyika II. The Regiment akanga inducted kupinda Regular Army muna September 1940, uye vakatumirwa Camp Murray pana Fort Lewis, Washington. Vakatora rutivi muzvidzidzo zvemauto zvakakura muCalifornia muna 1941. Musi waDecember 7, 1941, zvikwata zviduku zvakagoverwa kuti zvichengetedze mhenderekedzo yegungwa yeWashington kubva kuvaparadzi vechiJapan. Muna March 1942 vakatumirwa kuAustralia. Kurwisana kwavo kwaisanganisira Hondo yeBuna-Gona muna 1942<unk>1943, Hondo yeSalamaua-Lae muna 1943, Operation Reckless and Persecution uye Hondo yeBiak.
muna 1944, uye kusunungurwa kwePhilippines muna 1945. Muna September 1945 Regiment yakaenda kumhenderekedzo paHiro, Japan sorutivi rwekugara kwenyika iyoyo. Pakasvika nguva iyi vazhinji vamapoka apakuvamba avaMontanans vakanga varegedzwa.