<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - UMcGaha walwa eMkhankasweni waseGuadalcanal nasenyakatho yeSolomon Islands  <response>: ngaphambi kokubamba iqhaza emkhankasweni wokubuyisa iPhilippines ekulawulweni amaJapane. NgoFebhuwari 7, 1945, wayekhonza njengomphathi omkhulu ngesikhathi seMpi yaseLuzon. Ngalolo suku, eduze kwaseLupao, eLuzon, waziveza kaningi emlilweni wesitha ukuze asize amasosha alimele, wahola iqembu lakhe ngemuva kokuthi umholi weqembu elimele, futhi wadonsela ngamabomu umlilo wamaJapane kuye ukuze abanye bakwazi ukubalekela endaweni ephephile. Ngalezi zenzo, waqokelwa i-Medal of Honor futhi wanikezwa ikhomishana yamasosha enkundleni yempi ukuba yi-second lieutenant. UMcGaha wabe esexoshwa e-Army, kodwa ngokushesha waphinde wabhaliswa njengomphathi omkhulu futhi wabelwa eFort Benning, eGeorgia. Ukuphakanyiswa kwakhe kweMedal of Honor kwamukelwa ngonyaka ngemuva kwempi, ngo-Ephreli 2, 1946. Ngesikhathi somcimbi owawuseWhite House ngoMashi 27, 1946, uMongameli uHarry S. Truman wanikeza uMcGaha nomunye umuntu, uMkhuzi Wezempi uRichard OKane, ngezindondo Zodumo. 