Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - 1942 ya ga rundunonin kare dakarun sojan ruwa sun karfafa, sake turawa da girma. A ranar 4 ga Yuni, Marines na 6th Defense Battalion a tsibirin Midway ya kare wani harin iska na Japan, wanda ya ba da gudummawa ga nasarar yakin basasa.
daruruwan mil daga nan. A ranar 7 ga watan Agusta, Batun Tsaro na 3 ya sauka a Guadalcanal don tallafawa Rukunin Sojojin Ruwa na 1. Bayan da aka tabbatar da filin jirgin sama na Henderson, rundunar ta dauki tsaro na kewaye da kuma mayar da wasu hare-haren abokan gaba.