Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakahohehia hei 58th Pursuit Squadron (he waahanga o te 33d Pursuit Group) i tu ki Mitchel Field, New York, i whakawhiwhia te roopu ki te kaupapa o te paruru rererangi o te United States. I te tomokanga o te United States ki te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, i uru te 58th ki te pakanga ma te whai waahi ki nga mahi maha i roto i te haerenga e toru tau ki tawahi. Kei roto i ēnei mahi ko te
Te whakaekenga o Morocco i te marama o Noema 1942, nga mahi whawhai i te Whare Taonga o te Mediterranean mai i te marama o Noema 1942 ki te Hui-tanguru 1944, me nga mahi i roto i te pakanga a Haina-Burma-India, Paenga-whāwhā 1944 ki Akuhata 1945. I nga mahi i te Whare Taonga o te Moana-a-Kiwa, i whakawhiwhia te 58 ki te ingoa ingoa "Gorillas" mo nga tikanga whawhai-a-roto i whakamahia e ia. I a ia e mahi ana i nga waahi rereke, i rere te 58th i te P-40 Warhawk, P-47 Thunderbolt, me te P-38 Lightning. I te mutunga o tana mahi nui, i whakawhiwhia te 58th ki te Tohu Tohu Tohu mo nga mahi whawhai i whakahaerehia i waenganui o Tunisia.