Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I muri i nga pakanga o Guadalcanal me Tarawa, i whakawhiwhia a General Bourke hei rangatira o te V Amphibious Corps mo te whakaekenga o Saipan. I muri mai ka whakangungu ia i nga waahanga pupuhi Army-Marine mo te XXIV Army Corps, ka whakarite mo te
Te mahi a Leyte. I a Leyte e tiakina ana, ka riro ia hei rangatira mo te 5th Marine Division e whakamahere ana mo te whakaekenga o Japan.