<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Phakathi nokuhlasela kwamaJapane esikhungweni esiphambili eMidway, uMonssen wabamba iqhaza  <response>: izinyathelo zokuzivikela ngoJuni 4 kuya kuJuni 7, 1942 futhi babuyela ePearl Harbor ukuze baphumule futhi balungise kabusha, okwathatha isikhathi esingaphezu kwenyanga. USmoot wabe esehamba ngomkhumbi i-Monnsen eya eSolomon Islands eyayibuswa amaJapane futhi wanikeza isivikelo ngesikhathi amaMarine efika eGuadalcanal naseTulagi ngo-Agasti 7. I-Monssen yahlala endaweni eseduze ngeMpi yase-Eastern Solomons, eyavimbela ukuqiniswa kwamaJapane ekufinyeleleni eGuadalcanal. Ngenxa yenkonzo yakhe eSolomon Islands, uSmoot wahlonishwa nge-Bronze Star Medal nge-Combat V. Waphakanyiselwa esikhundleni sokuba yi-Commander ngoJuni 30, 1942. 