Ku qor sii wadida faqradan - Waxaa loo hawlgeliyay sidii 58th Pursuit Squadron (qayb ka mid ah 33d Pursuit Group) oo fadhiyay Mitchel Field, New York, kooxda ayaa lagu eedeeyay howlgalka socda ee difaaca hawada ee Mareykanka. Markii Mareykanka uu galay Dagaalkii Labaad ee Adduunka, 58-aad wuxuu door firfircoon ka qaatay dadaalka dagaalka isagoo ka qeyb qaatay dhowr hawlgal intii lagu jiray safar saddex sano ah oo dibedda ah. Waxaana kamid ah howlgaladaas duulaankii Morocco
bishii Nofeembar 1942, howlgallada dagaalka ee Tiyaatarka Badda Dhexe laga bilaabo Nofeembar 1942 ilaa Febraayo 1944, iyo howlgallada ololaha Shiinaha-Burma-Hindiya, Abriil 1944 ilaa Ogosto 1945. Intii lagu guda jiray howlgallada ka socda Tiyaatarka Mediterranean-ka, 58-aad waxay ku kasbatay naaneysta "Gorillas" farsamooyinka dagaalka jabhadaha ee ay adeegsadeen. Intii lagu guda jiray howlgallada kala duwan, 58aad waxay duulisay P-40 Warhawk, P-47 Thunderbolt, iyo P-38 Lightning. Natiijada waxqabadkeeda sare, 58th waxay heshay Abaalmarinta Cutubka Abaalmarinta ee hawlgallada dagaalka ee lagu qabtay bartamaha Tunisia.