Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Mai i te 1942<unk>1946, i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, i mahi a McKeithen hei rangatira tuatahi i te Rōpū 77 o te Rōpū Rōpū, o te United States Army i te Pacific Theater of Operations. I whawhai ia i nga pakanga o Guam, Gulf of Leyte
Ko Shima, ko Okinawa. I whakawhiwhia ki a ia e rua nga Tohu Whetu Parahi me te ripeka Ratonga Motuhake.