<prompt> Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1924, chikwata chakachinjwa kubva kumabhiza kuenda kune zvombo, kugamuchira matangi ayo ekutanga, uye kuva 40th Tank Company. Muna 1934, kambani yakaendeswa zvakare kuSan Francisco nekuda kwe1934 West Coast waterfront strike  <response>: . MunaFebruary 1941, seCompany C, 194th Tank Battalion, chikwata ichi chakatanga kudzidziswa kuFort Lewis, Washington; gare gare gore iroro munaGunyana, battalion yakatumirwa kuPhilippines. Apo United States yakakwezvwa muHondo Yenyika II nekurwiswa kweJapan kuPearl Harbor, kubva muna December 1941 kusvika muna April 1942, battalion yakarwisana nemauto eJapan. Kambani iyi yakaita kurwisa kwekurwisa muSouthern Luzon; yakabva yarwa paBataan kusvikira yaudzwa kuti ipe. Sevasungwa vehondo POW, varwi vechikwata vakatambura kuburikidza neBataan Death March, uye vakazotumirwa mumwe nemumwe kumisasa yakasiyana yePOW munzvimbo dzese dzaidzorwa neJapan; zvichitevera kuzvipira kweJapan, varwi vakapona vakadzokera kuUnited States pakati paGunyana 1945. 