Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te marama o Noema 1943, ka riro ia hei rangatira rangatira mo te Roopu Taakete Tuatahi, i uru atu ki te Tekau-rua o nga Rōpū Marine me etahi waahanga o te ope taua, a ka arahi i tenei whakahaere i te
Te whakaekenga me te hopu i te 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.