Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te paahitanga o Ridgely i te tau 1923, i whakawhiwhia ia hei tuarua tuarua i te Marine Corps. I whai wāhi ia ki te
nga mahi a Haiti me Nicaragua i nga Pakanga Banana. I noho hoki ia ki tawahi i te Moana-a-Kiwa i mua i tana whakawhiwhinga ki te 4th Marine Regiment i Shanghai, Haina, i te Pipiri o 1941. I te Whiringa-a-rangi o taua tau, ka nekehia te ope taua ki Philippines.