Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I muri i te urunga mai o te United States ki te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, i uru a O'Neil ki te tiaki i te atoll ki te whakaeke a Hapanihi, i puta mai i waenga i te Hune 4<unk>7, 1942. Mo tana wāhi i roto i te
I te pakanga o Midway, i whakawhiwhia a O'Neil ki te Tohu Whetu Parahi me te Whawhai "V". I whakatairangahia hoki ia ki te taumata mo te wa poto o te rangatira rangatira i te Akuhata 7, 1942.