Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei irava - I uru te 164th Infantry Regiment o te Rōpū Americal ki te mahi i Guadalcanal i te 13 Oketopa 1942 i te taha o te 1st Marine Division hei waahanga tuatahi o te United States Army ki te whakahaere i tetahi mahi whakaeke ki te hoariri i te Moananui a Kiwa, i te Pakeha ranei Theater of Operations i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao. E waru atu nga wehenga o te US Army i timata i nga mahi whawhai whakaeke i te mutunga o te 1942: ko te 32nd me te 41st Infantry Divisions i te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa i New Guinea; i Awherika ki te Raki
, ko te 1st, 3rd, 9th, me te 34th Infantry Divisions, me te 1st me te 2nd Armored Divisions.