<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - uLinscott wamiswa njengomphathi wezokusebenza nokuqeqeshwa kwabasebenzi be-Amphibious Force, Atlantic Fleet ngaphansi kukaMajor General Holland Smith futhi wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba u-colonel ngo-Okthoba 1941. Ngemuva kokungena kwe-United States eMpini Yezwe II, uLinscott wayalelwa ukuba ayosebenza eNingizimu Pacific ngoJuni 1942 futhi wanikezwa abasebenzi bomkhuzi, Amphibious Force South Pacific ngaphansi kukaVice Admiral Richmond K. Turner. ULinscott wamiswa njengomsizi wenhloko yezisebenzi futhi wabamba iqhaza emikhankasweni emikhulu eminingi eSolomon Islands  <response>: , eNew Georgia, eBougainville naseziQhingini zaseGilbert naseMarshall. Wahlala eqenjini likaTurner ngemuva kokuthi i-Amphibious Force South Pacific ivuselelwe yaba yi-Third Amphibious Force futhi wazihlukanisa kulelo khono. Kamuva wathola imiklomelo emibili yeLegion of Merit ngomsebenzi wakhe. 