Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I muri i te whakaekenga ki Pearl Harbor, i whakauruhia a Hamlett hei kaiwhakahaere o te patu patu mo te II Corps. I te tau 1942 i tae atu ia ki te 1st Infantry Division ki Arzew Beach tata ki Oran, Morocco i te wa o te
Te whakaekenga a nga hoa ki Awherika ki te Raki. I runga i tana wheako hei kaiwhakaako i Fort Sill, i awhina ia ki te whakariterite i nga patu patu kore o mua, i awhina i a ia ki te whakatau i tetahi ringa whakatau. I tino mohiotia mo tona kaha ki te pupuhi i te ahi nui i te Pakanga o El Guettar.