Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te marama o Whiringa-ā-rangi 1942 ka riro i a Festing te mana o te 36th Indian Division, ā, i te tīmatanga o te tau 1944 i ārahi i a ia i ngā wāhanga whakamutunga o te whakaekenga o Arakan
o te pakanga o Burma. I waenganui o te tau 1944 i neke te wehenga ki te Raki o Burma hei waahanga o te US i arahi i te Northern Combat Area Command i mua i te hokinga mai ki te 14 Army. I whai ingoa a Festing hei hoia raina tuatahi i whakaaturia e tetahi korero mo tetahi huihuinga i te 29 o Oketopa 1944: