Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mushure mokunge United States yapinda muHondo Yenyika II, Ballentine akashanda semutungamiri wechipiri wevatakuri vekutakura USS "Long Island" kubva musi wa 26 December 1941 kusvika musi wa 18 April 1942. Akakwidziridzwa kuva kaputeni musi wa 30 June 1942. Ballentine akashanda semukuru wevashandi kumukuru weTask Group 34.2 Rear Admiral Ernest D. McWhorter ari mungarava panguva ye
Kupinda kweAllied muFrench North Africa muna November 1942.