 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna August 1943, akanzi mukuru mukuru wevashandi ve2nd Marine Division, iyo panguva iyoyo yakanga ichigadzirira kupinda muTarawa. Akagadzirira fungidziro yemamiriro ezvinhu nokuda kweiri basa iro rakaratidzika kuva rakarurama zvinoshamisa uye kubvira ipapo rava rakakurumbira muMarines Corps mabhuku ehondo. Nokuda kwechiito ichi, akagamuchira Legion of Merit uye akasimudzirwa kuva brigadier general December 1, 1943. Gare gare, akagadzwa kuva mutevedzeri wemutungamiri weboka re2d Marine Division uye akabatanidzwa mune izvi zvinzvimbo mukutora Saipanuye Tinian. Akapiwa menduru yeSilver Star nokuda kwemibato iyi. 