Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te marama o Whiringa-ā-rangi 1943, i whai wāhi a BatDiv 8 ki ngā whakaekenga ki Tarawa, Makin me Abemama i ngā Moutere o Gilbert, ā, i hipoki i ngā kaikawe waka rererangi i a rātou e whakaeke ana i ngā moutere. I whakahau a Davis i te BatDiv 8 i te pakanga o nga Moutere o Mariana i Saipan, Tinian me Guam i te Pipiri-Akuhata 1944 ka whiwhi Legion of Merit mo tana ratonga. I haere tonu ia ki te whakahau i tana wehenga i te whakaekenga o Leyte
, Philippines i te mutunga o te tau 1944 a i whakawhiwhia ki te tuarua o te Legion of Merit.