Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te 17 o ona tau, ka marenatia a Tapia. I taua tau ano, i uru ia ki tētahi whawhai i te huarahi, a, i whakaaro te rōia o te rohe kia wehe atu ia i te taone kia kore ai e whakawakia. I roto i te tikanga ki te whakaoti i te take i runga i te rangimarie, i mahue ia Mobile ki te mahi hei tangata noa i runga i te turanga hōia i roto i Alaska. I whara a Tapia i te wā i whakaekea ai ia e ngā Hapanihi
Te Tauranga o Dutch i te Pipiri 1942.