Ka dib markii Mareykanka uu galay Dagaalkii Labaad ee Adduunka, Ballentine wuxuu ahaa sarkaalkii labaad ee ka amar qaata USS "Long Island" laga bilaabo 26 Diseembar 1941 ilaa 18 Abriil 1942. Waxaa loo dalacsiiyay kabtan 30 Juun 1942. Ballentine wuxuu ahaa madaxa shaqaalaha ee Task Group 34.2 taliyaha Admiral Ernest D. McWhorter intii lagu jiray duulaankii Allied ee Faransiiska Waqooyiga Afrika
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