<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: U-Alvin Lee Marts wazalwa ngo-August 4, 1923 eWilsonville, eNebraska. Wajoyina uMbutho Wezasolwandle eDenver, eColorado ngoJulayi 2, 1941. Wakhonza futhi wasinda ngemva  <response>: Impi YaseMidway. Wadluliselwa ejele wakhonza njengomcimi-mlilo, isigaba sesibili. Ekuqaleni kweMpi yaseTassafaronga, iNew Orleans yathola i-torpedo esikhwameni sayo somkhumbi esaqhuma amaphepha amabili futhi saqhuma ingxenye engaphambili yomkhumbi emuva ku-No. 2 turret. Ebekwe eqenjini elilungisa impi ngaphambili, uMarts walimala kanzima ngenxa yokuqhuma nemililo. Kodwa-ke wasiza ekuthwaleni isikhulu sezokwelapha esilimele esiya esiteshini sokugqoka impi phakathi nomkhumbi lapho awela khona ngenxa yokulahlekelwa yigazi nokukhathala. Washona ngenxa yamanxeba akhe ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho. Ngemva kokufa kwakhe wanikezwa indondo yeNavy Cross. 