Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te 23 o Oketopa 1942, ka wehe atu a Conner me tana wehenga i te United States mai i Norfolk, Virginia, ki te whawhai i te waahi o te mahi a te Pakeha-Awherika-Waenganui o te Rawhiti i tae mai i te 8 o Noema mo te
te whakaekenga o Awherika ki te Raki. I uru ia ki nga whakaekenga whakaeke amphibious e wha me nga kaupapa e waru tae atu ki te Anzio Campaign i Itari i te wa i whiwhi ai ia i tana Tuarua Hiriwa Hiriwa (Hiko Oak Leaf Cluster). I whakatairangahia ia ki te kaitiaki hangarau i te 13 o Hanuere 1944. I tukuna ia i te 27 o Pipiri 1944, a i tukuna ia hei tuarua tuarua i te 28 o Pipiri 1944. I te 29 o Tihema 1944, i whakatairangahia ia ki te rangatira tuatahi.