 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna May 1942, Bellinger akagadzwa kuva Mutungamiriri, Ndege Dzokurinda, Pacific Fleet pasi paAdmiral Chester Nimitz. Akabetsera kuronga paMidwayuye Nimitz akamutumira kuWashington, D.C. muna July 1942 kuzopa chirongwa chake chokurongazve ndege dzeNaval muPacific kuna Admiral Ernest J. King, Mutungamiriri weNaval Operations. Ari ikoko, Bellinger akaongororwa muviri nguva dzose paBethesda Naval Hospital, iyo yakawana kuti aiva nechirwere chemwoyo chisina kunyanya kuoma. Basa rake rokurwa rakaguma uye akarayirwa kuti aite basa risinganyanyi kunetsa. 