lˈeɪɾɚ, hiː ɐɡˈɛn wɛnt ˌɪntʊ kˈɑːmbæt, æz ɐ kˈʌmpəni kəmˈændɚ wɪððə fˈɜːst mɚɹˈiːn ɹˈɛdʒɪmənt, ɪnðə kˈeɪp ɡlˈɑːstɚ, nˈuː bɹˈɪtən kæmpˈeɪn, fɹʌm dᵻsˈɛmbɚ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi θɹˈiː tʊ ˈeɪpɹəl nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi fˈoːɹ.
Later, he again went into combat, as a company commander with the 1st Marine Regiment, in the Cape Gloucester, New Britain campaign, from December 1943 to April 1944.