Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei whitianga - I whakatairangahia ia ki te taumata o te koromatua i te Paenga-whāwhā o te tau 1943, a, i te wa i whakauruhia ai te IMAC ki te III Amphibious Corps i raro i te Major General Roy Geiger i te Paenga-whāwhā o te tau 1944, i uru ia ki te whakamahere me te whakatinanatanga o te Bougainville Campaign, Landing on Emirau
, Te hopu anō i a Guam, te Pakanga o Okinawa rānei. Mo tana mahi i tenei kaha, i whakawhiwhia a Wade ki te Legion of Merit with Combat "V".