Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna February 1942, Chikamu chechi41 cheVashandi vePfuti chakaziviswa nezvokufamba kune dzimwe nyika. Yakapa mitoro yayo yokudzivirira kumahombekombe ku3rd Infantry Division ndokuisa pfungwa paFort Lewis. Wokutanga kubuda aiva 162nd Infantry, 641st Tank Destroyer Battalion, uye 41st Reconnaissance Troop, iyo yakadzidzira gare gare mwedzi iwoyo kuFort Dix. Iri boka rakabva kuBrooklyn Navy Yard musi wa3 Kurume 1942 ndokuenda kuPacific kuburikidza nePanama Canal, kusvika kuMelbourne musi wa9 Kubvumbi. Iwo akanga ari pakati pemapoka okutanga ehondo eU.S. kubatikana mumibato yokurwisa yokurwisana yapasi. (Vamwe vakanga vari 32 avo vakavatangira muhondo paNew Guinea; Americal uye 1st Marine paGuadalcanal, Carlson's Raiders pa Makin Island; uye 9th, 3rd Infantry uye 2nd Armored Divisions avo vakarwa muNorth Africa
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