<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - URidderhof wathunyelwa emuva endaweni yasePacific ngoJuni 1944 futhi walandela umfundi wakhe wesikole samaqhinga, uWilliam L. McKittrick njengenhloko yezikhulu, i-1st Marine Aircraft Wing. Wajoyina i-wing ngesikhathi kwenziwa imisebenzi yasemoyeni e-Emirau futhi kamuva wabamba iqhaza ezimpini zasemoyeni eSolomon Islands  <response>: ngaphansi kukaMajor General Ralph J. Mitchell. URidderhof wathola iBronze Star Medal ngeCombat V ngomsebenzi wakhe ngasekupheleni kuka-1944. 