Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I tae mai a "Ellyson" ki Plymouth, i te 22 o Mei 1944 mō ngā whakaritenga o te meneti whakamutunga mō te whakaekenga o Wīwī. I te 6 o Pipiri i hipoki ia i te whakaeke a Army Ranger ki Pointe du Hoc ki te patu i nga waahi pupuhi taumaha i ripoatahia i reira. I te 25 o Hune i mahi ia i Cherbourg
, te whakaeke i ngā whakaurunga pupuhi, te whakangaro i ngā maina moana, me te whakatakoto i tētahi arai paowa mō ngā wae nui o te kaipuke.