 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Achienda kuSan Diego muna Nyamavhuvhu 1942, mukuru akatora kutungamira kweAmphibious Corps, Pacific Fleet, pasi pazvo akapedza kudzidziswa kweamphibious kwe2d uye 3d Marine Divisions vasati vaenda mhiri kwemakungwa, uye 7th Army Division uye mamwe mauniti akabatanidzwa mukuita kweAleutians. Amphibious Corps, Pacific Fleet, yakazotumidzwazve zita rokuti V Amphibious Corps, uye muna September 1943, semutungamiriri wechikamu ichocho, General Smith akasvika paPearl Harbor kuti atange kuronga hondo yeGilbert Islands. Akaramba achitungamirira V Amphibious Corps kusvikira muna August 1944, paakagadzwa mukuru mukuru, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific, paPearl Harbor. Pashure pacho, akatungamirira Fleet Marine Force. Mukuwedzera kune iyo nzvimbo, akatungamirira Task Force 56 muHondo yeIwo Jima asati adzokera kuUnited States muna July 1945, kuti atungamirire Marine Training uye Replacement Command paCamp Pendleton, California. Holland aizivikanwa nokuda kweshoko rokuti Muuto redu pasina mutoro uye chirango tingadai tisina kukunda Hondo yeIwo Jima. 