Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I whakaritea a Halsey hei rangatira o te Rohe o te Moananui a Kiwa ki te Tonga, ā, i ārahi i ngā ope o te Rōpū Taua i te wā o te Pakanga o Guadalcanal (1942<unk>1943) me te whawhai ki runga o te mekameka o Solomon
(1942 ki te 1945) I te tau 1943 i whakawhiwhia ia hei rangatira mo te Tuatoru o nga Rererangi, ko te pou i mau ia i te toenga o te pakanga. I uru ia ki te Pakanga o Leyte Gulf, te pakanga moana nui rawa atu o te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, a, na etahi paearu, te pakanga moana nui rawa atu o te hitori. I whakatairangahia ia ki te rangatira o te kaipuke i te marama o Tihema 1945 ka mutu tana mahi i te marama o Poutu-te-rangi 1947.