Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakahaeretia a Clarke ki te hōhipera mō te ngoikore me te mate ngakau i te 1943. Whai muri i tana hokinga mai i te hararei hauora, i mahi ia mai i te Hanuere ki te Oketopa 1944 hei Tumuaki o te Kaimahi ki te Kaiwhakahaere Whakaakoranga Amphibious, Atlantic Fleet, i whakangungu i nga kaimahi mo nga taunga ki Sicily, Anzio, Normandy, me
te tonga o Wīwī. I hainatia e te Hekeretari o te Moana, a James Forrestal, he tohu whakawhiwhi ki a Kapene Clarke he Whetu Koura hei utu mo te tuarua o te Legion of Merit mo tana mahi i tenei "tuunga nui... te whakaturanga me te pupuri i te tuunga o te tuunga whawhai o nga kaipuke amphibious me nga mahi".