Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakahoutia i te tau 1942 i te wa i whakawhitihia ai ki Awherika ki te Raki ki te whawhai ki a Tiamana's Afrika Korps. Whai muri i te hinganga o Tiamana me te wehenga mai i Awherika ki te Raki, i uru te 87th ki te whakaekenga a Allied o Sicily me te whakaekenga o Itari me te akiaki i te Peninsula Itari. I te wā o te whakaekenga a ngā Hoia i Itari, i tonoa te kapa ki te tautoko i te
te whakaekenga o te tonga o Wīwī i te tau 1944. Whai muri i te pakanga, i noho te 87th ki Austria mo te wa poto i mua i tana hokinga ki te United States me te whakakore.