Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Febraayo 1942, qeybta 41aad ee Caga-jirka waxaa loo digay inay u guuraan dibada. Waxay mas'uuliyadeeda difaaca xeebta ku wareejisay qeybta 3aad ee Caga-dhaafka waxayna ku ururtay Fort Lewis. Markii ugu horeysay ee ay baxday waxay ahayd ciidanka 162aad, 641aad Tank Destroyer Battalion, iyo 41aad Reconnaissance Troop, oo loo tababaray dabayaaqadii bishaas Fort Dix. Kooxdan waxay ka baxday Brooklyn Navy Yard 3dii Maarso 1942 waxayna u ambabaxday Pacific-ka kanaalka Panama, waxayna gaareen Melbourne 9kii Abriil. Waxay ka mid ahaayeen kooxihii ugu horreeyay ee militariga Mareykanka ee ku hawlan duullaanka dhulka ee weerarka ah. (Kuwa kale waxay ahaayeen 32-aad oo ka horeeyay iyaga dagaalka New Guinea; Mareykanka iyo 1-aad Marine ee Guadalcanal, Carlson's Raiders ee Makin Island; iyo 9-aad, 3-aad Infantry iyo 2-aad Armored Divisions oo ku dagaalamay
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