Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I uru a Damato ki te United States Marine Corps i te 8 o Hanuere 1942. I haere ia ki Derry, Northern Ireland, i te marama o Mei o taua tau. I te tau tuatahi o tana whakaurunga, i tino kitea e ia, i tana tuku i a ia mo te mahi motuhake me tetahi roopu whakaekenga whiriwhiri i uru ki te
Ko ngā taunga o Awherika ki te Raki. I whakaarahia ia i roto i te reeti mo te whanonga tino pai i te pakanga i a ia e mahi ana i runga i te kaipuke i te taone nui o Arzew, Algeria i te Noema 8, 1942. I te taunga me te ngaru whakaeke e uru ana ki te tauranga mai i te moana, i awhina ia ki te eke me te hopu i nga kaipuke i te tauranga, a, ko te tauranga ano. I hoki ia ki te Hononga o Amerika i te Poutu-te-rangi 1943, a e toru marama i muri mai, ka rere mo te mahi i te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa.