Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei waahanga - I whakauruhia ia ki te I Marine Amphibious Corps Task Group (kei roto i nga kaimahi o te I Marine Amphibious Corps) me te whai waahi ki te Whakauru ki Emirau
i te marama o Poutu-te-rangi 1944. Kaore i whakaekehia te taunga, a ka uru atu a Van Orden ki nga kaimahi o te 3rd Marine Division i raro i a Major General Allen H. Turnage. I tohua ia hei Kaiwhakahaere Whakaakoranga Ope Taua, a, i uru ia ki te Whakaoranga o Guam i te Hurae-Akuhata 1944.