I te marama o Whiringa-a-rangi 1943, ka riro ia hei rangatira rangatira mo te Rōpū Whakangungu Tuatahi, kei roto ko te Rōpū Tuarua-rua o te Marine me etahi waahanga o te ope taua, a ka arahi i tenei whakahaere i te whakaekenga me te hopu
o Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands, mai i te Hui-tanguru 6, ki te Poutu-te-rangi 22, 1944, i whakawhiwhia ki a ia te Tohu Ratonga Tohu.