 Genaust akashanda muPacific Theater munguva yeHondo Yenyika II uye akapiwa posthumously Bronze Star Medal neCombat V uye Purple Heart Medal munaSeptember 1945, nokuda kwezviito zveumhare achishandisa pfuti mukurwa kweSaipan kwaakakuvadzwa musi waJuly 9, 1944. Akakurudzirwa kuti apiwe Navy Cross naNorman Hatch, mutungamiriri wake wezvemifananidzo, asi kusarudzwa kwacho kwakarambwa nokuti Genaust aiva mutori wemifananidzo uye akanga asiri murwi. Akagoveranawo muNavy Presidential Unit Citation yakapihwa ku4th Marine Division yeHondo yeSaipan neTinianJune 15 August 1, 1944. Zvakamutorera mwedzi misere kuti Genaust apore pakukuvara kwaakanga aita gumbo paSaipan. Akapiwa mukana wokudzokera kumusha, asi panzvimbo pezvo akazvipira kuenda kuIwo Jima. 