 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Marine Scout Bomber Squadron 331 VMSB-331 yakaumbwa musi waJanuary 1, 1943 paMarine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina. Chikwata chacho chakanga chichibhururuka mabhomba eSBD Dauntless. Musi waJune 1, 1943, vashandi vechikwata uye ndege vakakamurwa kuti vagadzire VMSB-332. Uyewo muna June wegore iroro vakatamiswa ndokuva boka rokutanga kusvika paBogue Field, North Carolina. Ikoku kwakateverwa nokuenda kuSan Diego muna September kugadzirira kutamira kuSouth Pacific. Chikwata ichi chakaendeswa mhiri kwemakungwa, pakupedzisira chichisvika paNukufetau Airfield musi waNovember 15, 1943. Vaishandira pachitsuwa ichocho panguva yokupinda muGilbert Islands. Pana November 30, 1943 vakatumira boka kuTarawa kuzobetsera mumibato yokuronda kusvikira pana December 26, 1943. Muna Gumiguru 1944, squadron yakatumidzwazve Marine Fighter Bomber Squadron 331 VMBF-331, asi vakadzokera kuVMSB-331 musi waZvita 30, 1944. Chikwata ichi chakaramba chiri muPacific uye chakaita kurwisa kwemhepo kunzvimbo dzakapfuura dzeJapan muMarshall Islands kwehondo yose yakasara. 