Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: He mema ia o te United States Naval Academy o te tau 1915. Ko te mahi i ngā tūranga nui ake i runga i te moana, i te whenua hoki, i whakarite i a ia mō tana tūranga hei rangatira o te Rōpū Amphibious 6 i ngā whakaekenga
I Leyte, Luzon, Mindanao, me Borneo i te Pakanga o te Moananui a Kiwa i te 1944 me te 1945. Ko tana whakamahere me te whakatutukitanga o enei mahi nui i mohiotia ki te Tohu Ratonga Motuhake, me te tohu i muri i tana matenga (i mate ia i te mate ngakau i runga i tana kaipuke matua) o te Whetu Koura hei utu mo te Tohu Ratonga Motuhake tuarua. I tohua hoki ia hei Knight Commander Honorary o te Order o te Emepaea o Ingarangi mo tana mahi mo te take o te hoa.