Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe United States banyere Agha Worldwa nke Abụọ, Ballentine jere ozi dị ka onye isi nke abụọ nke ụgbọ mmiri na-ebugharị ụgbọ mmiri USS "Long Island" site na 26 Disemba 1941 ruo 18 Eprel 1942. E buliri ya n'ọkwa onye isi n'ụbọchị 30 nke ọnwa Juun n'afọ 1942. Ballentine jere ozi dị ka onye isi ndị ọrụ na Task Group 34.2 onye isi ndị agha Admiral Ernest D. McWhorter n'ụgbọ n'oge
Ndị Allied wakporo French North Africa na November 1942.