Whakakīhia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Poutu-te-rangi 1944, i whakauruhia a Simpson ki te ope Landing i roto i te 3rd Marine Division a i uru ia ki
Ka tau ki Emirau, kāore i tutaki ki te ātete. I whakatairangahia ia ki te taumata o te koromatua i te Paenga-whāwhā 1944 a ka whakahaua kia hoki ki nga Whenua kotahi marama i muri mai. I tana hokinga mai ki te whenua, i whakahaua a Simpson ki te akoranga Infantry i te Komihana me te Kura Kaimahi i Fort Leavenworth, Kansas ka mutu i te marama o Noema o taua tau.