Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I mahi a Wensinger hei rangatira rangatira mo nga whare hoia Marine i te Pacific Coast Torpedo Station i Keyport, Washington, tae noa ki te Tihema 1930, i te wa i whakahaua ai ia mo tana haerenga tuarua ki Nicaragua. I mahi ia hei Kaihauturu Pirihimana o te 2nd Marine Brigade i raro i te Brigadier General Frederic L. Bradman me te wehewehe i a ia ano i te wa o
i te ru me te ahi i whakangaromia ai te taone o Managua i te Poutu-te-rangi 31, 1931. I wehewehe ia i a ia ano ka whakawhiwhia ki a ia he reta Whakamoemiti Motuhake na te Hekeretari o te Moana, Charles F. Adams III, ana i whakawhiwhia ki a ia te Tohu Perehitini o Nicaragua mo te Tohu Tohu me te Tipihana.