Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei:
I te mutunga o te Pakanga i te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, i tukuna a Long e Brigadier General Merritt A. Edson i te Pipiri 30, 1945, ka hoki ki te United States. I muri mai ka tukuna ia ki te rohe o San Diego ka whakakorehia a Colonel John Groff, i mahi hei rangatira mo te wa poto o te Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. Mo tana mahi ki te Tumuaki Ratonga, FMFPac, i whakawhiwhia a Long ki tana Tuarua o te Legion of Merit.