Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tohua a Linscott hei Kaiwhakahaere Whakahaere me te Kaiwhakaako whakangungu i runga i nga kaimahi o te Amphibious Force, Atlantic Fleet i raro i te Major General Holland Smith me te whakatairanga ki te taumata o te koromatua i te Oketopa 1941. Whai muri i te urunga mai o te United States ki te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, i whakahaua a Linscott mo te mahi ki te Moana-a-Kiwa ki te Tonga i te Pipiri o te tau 1942 ka whakauruhia ki te kaimahi o te rangatira, Amphibious Force South Pacific i raro i te Vice Admiral Richmond K. Turner. I tohua a Linscott hei kaiawhina mo nga kaimahi, a, i uru ia ki etahi kaupapa nui i roto i te
Ko nga Moutere o Horomona, New Georgia, Bougainville me nga Moutere o Gilbert me Marshall. I noho tonu ia ki nga kaimahi a Turner whai muri i te whakahoutanga o te Amphibious Force South Pacific ki te Third Amphibious Force a ka wehewehe ia i taua kaha. I muri mai ka whiwhi ia i nga tohu e rua o te Legion of Merit mo tana mahi.