Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I whawhai ia i roto i ngā pakanga nui katoa i te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa tae noa ki te rā i mate ai ia. I whakawhiwhia ki a ia he Tohu Tohu a te Perehitini i hainatia e Frank Knox, Hekeretari o te Navy, i te Hui-tanguru 4, 1943, hei mema o te 1st Marine Division (Reinforced), i nga Solomons
i te marama o Akuhata 1942.