Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekunge United States yapinda muHondo Yenyika II, Ballentine akashanda semutungamiriri wechipiri wekutakura ngarava USS "Long Island" kubva musi wa 26 Zvita 1941 kusvika 18 Kubvumbi 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 yekupinda kweAllied muFrench North Africa
muna November 1942.