Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na February 1942, a dọrọ Ngalaba Ndị Agha Ụgbọ Mmiri nke 41 aka ná ntị maka ịkwaga ná mba ọzọ. Ọ nyefere ọrụ nchekwa oke osimiri ya na ngalaba ndị agha nke atọ ma tinye uche na Fort Lewis. Ndị mbụ hapụrụ bụ ndị agha 162nd Infantry, 641st Tank Destroyer Battalion, na 41st Reconnaissance Troop, bụ ndị zụrụ azụ mgbe ọnwa ahụ gasịrị maka Fort Dix. Ndi otu a hapuru Brooklyn Navy Yard na 3 Machị 1942 wee banye ụgbọ mmiri gaa Pacific site na ọwa mmiri Panama, rute Melbourne na 9 Eprel. Ha so na ndị agha mbụ nke United States na-etinye aka na ọgụ ọgụ ọgụ. (Ndị ọzọ bụ ndị 32nd bu ha ụzọ lụọ ọgụ na New Guinea; Americal na 1st Marine na Guadalcanal, Carlson's Raiders na Makin Island; na 9th, 3rd Infantry na 2nd Armored Divisions ndị lụrụ ọgụ na
North Africa.)