Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I mahi a Colonel Guymon hei tumuaki o ngā kaimahi tae noa ki Whiringa-a-rangi 1943, i te wā i riro ai i a ia te mana o Marine Aircraft Group 12 me te ārahi i tana wae i roto i ngā mahi hau i te wā o te pakanga o Emirau
me ngā Moutere o Horomona. I whakawhiwhia ia ki te Legion of Merit me te whawhai "V" mo tana mahi i te rohe o te Moananui a Kiwa ka hoki mai ki te United States i te timatanga o Noema 1944.