Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te pakarutanga o te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, ka tukuna ano e Howell ana ratonga, ka uru ki te ope taua o Ahitereiria i te 14 o Oketopa 1939. I tukuna ki te Whare Matua o te Rāwhiti, i Paddington, i whakawhiwhia ia ki te taumata o te kaitiaki kaimahi, engari i kitea e te kaimahi te mahi mauiui, ka rapu i tana tangohanga i te Hui-tanguru 1941. I te marama o Akuhata 1944, i uru a Howell ki te Ope Taua o te United States mo te mahi i te United States Sea Transport Service, a, i taea ai e ia te uru atu ki te
Te whakaekenga o Leyte i te tīmatanga o te pakanga o Piripi.