<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: ULtCol Kier waphinde wathunyelwa phesheya kwezilwandle ngoMeyi 1944 ukuba abe yisikhulu sokusebenza kanye nesikhulu esiphezulu seMarine Aircraft Group 13 MAG-13 eMarshall Islands. Wakhishwa e-MAG-13 ngomhlaka-15 Septhemba 1944 ukuze asebenze njengomqaphi ne-Amphibious Group 3 Air Support Control Unit ngesikhathi se-  <response>: Impi YaseLeyte. NgoNovemba 1, 1944, wajoyina uColonel Vernon Megee njengelungu le-Provisional Air Support Command eyayisanda kwakhiwa, eyayinendima yokuhlela, ukuqeqesha nokuhlomisa amayunithi amaMarine ukuphindaphinda umsebenzi wokulawula umoya wamasosha asolwandle kodwa awenze ogwini. Usebenze ne-Landing Force Air Support Control Unit 1 LFASCU-1 e-Iwo Jima nase-Okinawa. Ngesikhathi seMpi yase-Okinawa, wayeyisikhulu esiphethe i-LFASCU-1. Ngenxa yokusebenza kahle e-Okinawa kusukela ngo-May 15 kuya ku-June 21, 1945, wanikezwa i-Bronze Star Medal nge-Combat V. Wahlala ne-LFASCU-1 kuze kube sekupheleni kwempi futhi wabuyela emuva eMelika ngo-Agasti 1945. 