Whakakīhia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te kaipuke i tirotiro i te Karipiana i te timatanga, katahi ka neke ki te Mediterranean, e whai wāhi ana ki te
ngā taunga ki te tonga o Wīwī. I te marama o Hanuere 1945, ka neke a "Incredible" ki te Moana Pango, ka mahi i nga mahi horoi i waho o te turanga Navy Soviet i Sevastopol, Crimea. I muri mai ka whakahaerehia e te kaipuke nga parekura whakaora-rangi i te Moana Pango i mua i tana hokinga ki Palermo, Sicily. I te wa i tukuna ai ia i te Poutu-te-rangi 1946, kua eke ia ki te taumata o Sonarman Tuatahi Akomanga (SO1) ana kua whiwhi i tana papa horoi maina. I whakawhiwhia hoki ia ki te Bronze Star me te Tohu Whakahaere Pai. Na te kaha o ana mahi, i tohu hoki a Van Cleef mo te Tohu Whakatairanga Pakeha-Awherika-Waenganui rawhiti, Tohu Whakatairanga Ahia-Pacific, te Tohu Whakatairanga Amerika, me te Tohu Toa Toa Tuarua o te Ao. I tukuna ia mai i te Navy i te tau 1946.