<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: U-Linscott wamiswa njengomphathi wezokusebenza kanye nokuqeqeshwa kwabasebenzi be-Amphibious Force, Atlantic Fleet ngaphansi kukaMajor General Holland Smith futhi wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba ngu-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. U-Linscott wamiswa njengomphathi osizayo wezisebenzi futhi wabamba iqhaza emikhankasweni eminingana emikhulu e-  <response>: Iziqhingi zaseSolomon, iNew Georgia, iBougainville kanye neziQhingi 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. 