<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pana 7 December 1941, Gamble akanga adzoka achibva kunzendo dzokudzoka kumhenderekedzo yegungwa, apo muitiro wake worugare wakaputsika neyokutanga yendege dzeJapan dzinotakura ndege dzakarwisa ngarava dzeAmerica muchiteshi. Vapfuri veGamble vakabatana nomoto weimwe ngarava dzehondo ndokuona imwe ndege yomuvengi ichidonhera mumvura pachikomo chayo chechigadziko. Pashure pokurwiswa iye akatora antisubmarine patrol chiteshi mu chidzitiro ndege anotakura, uye gare gare vakarinda nzira kuna Pearl Harbor. Pakati paFebruary 1942, akaenda kumaodzanyemba ari muboka raiperekedza vanhu vaienda kuPago Pago, kuSamoa, ndokuzobatana nokuisa gomba rokudzivirira pedyo neTutuila. Pakupera kwaMarch ma minelayers maviri akachinjirwa kuFiji Islands, kuti aise minefield mumvura dzeNadi kubva 7 kusvika 14 April. Achidzokera kuPearl Harbor nokuda kwezvombo zvinorema, Gamble akabetsera kudzivirira mapoka evanhu kuenda kuMidway mukati menguva iyoyo  <response>: hondo inokosha uye yenhau, ipapo vakananga kumaodzanyemba ne uye kuisa munda wemaminini wokuzvidzivirira panopinda Second Channel, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides Islands. 