Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I te Poutu-te-rangi 1944, i whai wāhi a Bailey ki te Whakaterenga ki Emirau
, i reira ka awhina ia ki te whakatu i tetahi papa rererangi a US ka whiwhi i te Tohu Whakamoemiti Moana mo tana ratonga. I te wehenga atu o te rangatira o Field Harris ki te United States i te marama o Akuhata 1944, ka riro i a Bailey te mana o te Marine Aircraft Group 11 ka arahi i tana roopu i te Pakanga o Peleliu i te marama o Hepetema-Noema 1944. I whakawhiwhia e tana roopu he tautoko rererangi tata ki te 81st Infantry Division me te 1st Marine Division i te Pakanga i te Moananui a Kiwa.