Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te mutunga o Maehe 1944, i whakarite a McKittrick i te whakahau hau mō te mahi e tū mai ana ki Emirau
He aha? Kāore he hoariri ki te motu, ā, he māmā noa iho te hopu. I reira ka tohua a McKittrick hei Tumuaki o nga Kaimahi o te 1st Marine Aircraft Wing i raro i te Major General James T. Moore. I noho ia i tenei kaha tae noa ki te 16 o Pipiri 1944, i muri i tana angitu i tana hoa o te kura rautaki, a Colonel Stanley E. Ridderhof, a ka tohua hei Kaiwhakahaere Parenga Air i te Pakanga o Saipan. I haere tonu a McKittrick i roto i te mahi rite i te Pakanga o Tinian i muri mai i te mutunga o Hurae. I roto i enei pakanga, i arahi ia i nga rererangi rererangi whawhai, i te pahū me nga misioni whakaeke, a, i muri mai ka riro i a ia tana Legion of Merit tuarua mo tana mahi.