 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna November 1950 apo China yakashamisa mauto epasi eUnited Nations nekurwisa kusingatarisirwi kubva kuRwizi rweYalu nePeoples Liberation Army, ndege dzeGungwa rePhilippine dzakaona chiito chakasimba. US Navy yakanga yatumira Valley Forge nedzimwe ngarava dzinoverengeka kure neKorea, ichitarisira kuti kurwisana kwacho kwaizoguma, uye naizvozvo masimba asina kugadzirira akasara munharaunda yacho akabatikana zvikuru. Munguva yose yekudzokera shure kwenguva refu kubva kuRwizi rweYalu, vatakuri vemhepo vana Panthers, Skyraiders uye Corsairs vakapa rutsigiro rwepedyo rwemhepo kune X Corps yakabatwa paChosin Reservoir. Kunyange zvazvo mamiriro okunze ainyanya kutonhora akaratidza kuva chinetso nokuda kweGungwa rePhilippine, ngarava yacho yakapfuurira kutsigira mauto sezvaakaedza kubuda mudzivauye ipapo vakachenesa nzira yokudzokera kwavo kuHungnam. Vatakuri vacho vakapa rutsigiro nemazana enhandare dzendege sezvo mauto eUN 150,000 uye vanhuwo zvavo vakabviswa, uye ipapo vakaparadza chiteshi chengarava. Munguva iyi rutsigiro, Mupata Forge uye Philippine Sea vakanga zvakasimba clustered pamwe uye uye vatungamiri ainetseka kuti vaizova chipfuro nokuda mhepo kurwisa North Korean MiG-15 varwi, achikurudzira hombe chidzitiro 32 nevanoparadza. Nokuti vakasara 1950 uye mangwanani 1951, iye yakatanga kurwisa zhinji pamusoro Chinese mauto kumativi 38th Parallel achitarisira kunonoka mberi kwavo sezvo mauto dzeUN vakadzokera. Ichingomira kwenguva pfupi kuti igadziriswe uye kuzorora, inotakura ndege yacho yakaramba ichienda kunorwisa zvibodzwa zveChina. Musi waFebruary 25, kutungamira kweTask Force 77 kwakaendeswa kuValley Forge. Munguva iyi, mamiriro okunze anotonhora aikanganisa mabasa uye madutu echando dzimwe nguva aivaparadza zvachose. Kuisa muYokosuka Naval Base, Japan, mukupera kwaMarch 1951 kuti igadziriswe uye kugadziriswazve, Gungwa rePhilippine rakashandura Air Group 11 nokuda kweCarrier Air Group 2 kubva ku Valley Forge , boka raiwanzova neVought F4U Corsair fighter-bhomba. Zuva rimwe chetero sokutamisa musi wa 28 March, Gungwa rePhilippine rakava mureza weVice Admiral H. M. Martin, mutungamiri we7th Fleet. 