Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - 1942 yakaona mauto okurwisa Marine achisimbisa, achigoverazve uye achikura. Musi wa4 Chikumi, maMarines e6th Defense Battalion paMidway Island vakarwisa kurwisa kweJapan kubva mudenga, izvo zvakabatsira kukunda muhondo yegungwa
mazana emakiromita kure. Musi waAugust 7, 3rd Defense Battalion yakaenda kumhenderekedzo paGuadalcanal kutsigira 1st Marine Division. Mushure mokunge Henderson Airfield yakachengetedzwa, battalion yakafungidzira kuchengetedzwa kwenzvimbo uye yakadzora kurwisa kwevavengi vakawanda.