 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Akapedza kudzidza paUnited States Naval Academy mukirasi ya1939, akashanda mungarava inotakura ndege asati atumirwa kuNaval Air Station Pensacola kunodzidziswa kubhururuka. Akadzokera kuEnterprise muna 1943, ndokuva mukuru mukuru, uye gare gare mukuru mukuru weBombing Squadron Ten VB-10, achibhururuka SBD Dauntless dive bomber. Akaona hondo yake yokutanga muHondo yeKwajaleinmunaJanuary 1944, uye vakapinda mukurwiswa kweTruk munaFebruary nekumhara paHollandia munaApril. Munguva yeHondo yeGungwa rePhilippine munaJune 1944, akatungamira 12 Dauntlesses nedzimwe ndege 17 kubva ku Enterprise mukurwisa kwakanyanya-kutarisana nekurwisa kweJapan, uye akabhadharwa pachake nekuremadza ndege yeJapan inotakura ndege, zvichida. Gare gare akatungamirira Bombing Squadron Ninety-Eight VB-98, California-based training unit. 