Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te marama o Poutu-te-rangi 1944, i whakauruhia a Simpson ki te ope whakatere i roto i te Rōpū Tuatoru o te Moana, ā, i whai wāhi ki te whakatere ki Emirau
, kaore 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.