<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Lapho kugqashuka iMpi Yezwe II, uHowell waphinde wacela ukukhonza futhi wabhalisa ebuthweni lase-Australia ngo-October 14, 1939. Wathunyelwa e-Eastern Command Headquarters, ePaddington, wanikezwa isikhundla sika-sergeant, kodwa wathola umsebenzi wabasebenzi ukuthi uyisicefe futhi wafuna ukukhishwa kwakhe ngoFebhuwari 1941. Ngo-Agasti 1944, uHowell wajoyina i-United States Army ukuze asebenze e-United States Sea Transport Service, futhi ngaleyo ndlela wakwazi ukubamba iqhaza ekuhlaselweni kweLeyte  <response>: ekuqaleni komkhankaso wasePhilippines. 