Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakawhiwhia a Fagan ki te tūranga tuarua i roto i te Marine i te marama o Hanuere 1942. I mahi a Fagan hei rangatira rangatira mo te Kamupene G, Tuarua Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division. I whawhai ia ki Bougainville, Guadalcanal, Aotearoa, Kwajalein,
Eniwetok, me ngā pakanga o Guam. I whara kino ia i te whawhai a-ringa-ki-ringa i Iwo Jima i te Hui-tanguru 26, 1945; i nekehia atu ia ka mate i te ra i muri mai. E rua nga wa i whakawhiwhia ai a Fagan ki te Navy Cross: kotahi mo ana mahi i te Pakanga o Guam, tetahi atu mo ana mahi i te Pakanga o Iwo Jima. I riro i a ia te tohu tuarua i muri i tona matenga.