 Ramba uchiramba uri mukuru mukuru wepurogiramu yacho, akapinda mukurwiswa uye kutorwazve kweGuam, Zvitsuwa zveMariana, muna July naAugust 1944. Akarairwa kuV Amphibious Corps munaGunyana 1944, kwaakazova Corps Operations Officer, mune chinzvimbo ichocho akaronga uye akapinda mukumhara nekurwisa Iwo JimaMuna February 1945. Nokuda kwokubatanidzwa kwake mukurwisana paGuam, akagamuchira Navy Cross, uye paaishumira somukuru mukuru, V Amphibious Corps, akapiwa Legion of Merit nokuda kwemabasa anoshamisa munguva yebasa rinorwadza paIwo Jima. 