Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Hui-tanguru 1942, i whakatūpatohia te Rōpū 41 o te Rōpū Pūhoe mō te neke ki tawahi. I tukuna e ia ana kawenga tiaki takutai ki te 3rd Infantry Division ka arotahi ki Fort Lewis. Ko te tuatahi ki te wehe ko te 162nd Infantry, 641st Tank Destroyer Battalion, me te 41st Reconnaissance Troop, i whakangungu i muri mai i taua marama mo Fort Dix. I wehe atu tenei roopu i te Brooklyn Navy Yard i te 3 o Poutu-te-rangi 1942 ka rere ki te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa ma te Canal Panama, ka tae ki Melbourne i te 9 o Paenga-whawha. Ko ratou tetahi o nga roopu hoia tuatahi o te US ki te uru atu ki nga mahi whawhai whenua. (Ko etahi atu ko te 32nd i mua i a raatau ki te whawhai i New Guinea; te Americal me te 1st Marine i Guadalcanal, Carlson's Raiders i Makin Island; me te 9th, 3rd Infantry me te 2nd Armored Divisions i whawhai i
Awherika ki te Raki.)