Waxad qortaa sii wadida faqradaan-- Sanadkii 1943-kii, General Joseph Stilwell wuxuu dalbaday in ciidamada gaarka ah ee Mareykanka la geeyo si ay u taageeraan ciidamada caadiga ah ee Shiinaha ee uu hogaaminayo. Janaraal George Marshall waxa uu amar ku bixiyay "Ciidamada Furan ee Furan", oo laga soo qaatay ciidamada Mareykanka ee ku tababaran dagaalka kaymaha ee Panama iyo Mareykanka, iyo sidoo kale shaqaale khibrad dagaal u leh Jasiiradaha Solomon
iyo ololaha New Guinea. Qaybta waxaa si rasmi ah loogu magacaabay 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), laakiin waxay caan ku noqotay "Merrill's Marauders"; waxay howlgalo ka fulisay Burma 1944.