Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - A na-arụ ọrụ dị ka 58th Pursuit Squadron (akụkụ nke 33d Pursuit Group) nọ na Mitchel Field, New York, a na-ebo ndị agha ahụ ebubo na-aga n'ihu nke nchebe ikuku nke United States. Mgbe United States banyere Agha Worldwa nke Abụọ, ndị nke iri ise na asatọ keere òkè dị ukwuu n'agha ahụ site na isonye n'ọtụtụ ọrụ n'oge njem afọ atọ na mba ofesi. Ọrụ ndị a gụnyere mwakpo a wakporo Morocco
na Nọvemba 1942, ọgụ ọgụ na Mediterranean Theater site na Nọvemba 1942 ruo Febụwarị 1944, na arụmọrụ na mkpọsa China-Burma-India, Eprel 1944 ruo Ọgọst 1945. N'oge ọrụ na Mediterranean Theater, ndị nke 58 nwetara aha otutu "Gorillas" maka usoro ndị agha na-alụ ọgụ ọ na-eji. Mgbe ha na-arụ ọrụ n'ụlọ ọrụ dị iche iche, ndị nke 58 gbara ụgbọ elu P-40 Warhawk, P-47 Thunderbolt, na P-38 Lightning. N'ihi arụmọrụ ya dị elu, 58th natara Distinguished Unit Citation maka arụmọrụ ọgụ emere na etiti Tunisia.