Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I muri i te whakaekenga a Japan ki Pearl Harbor me te urunga mai o te United States ki te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, i whakahokia mai a Foster ki te mahi kaha me te taumata o te Kaihauturu i te Naval Reserve, a, i whakawhiwhia e te Perehitini a Franklin D. Roosevelt ki te whakahaere i nga tirotiro moana motuhake. Ko tētahi o ana mahi tuatahi ko te whakahaere i te rangahau i roto i te
Ko te rohe o te Canal Panama e whai ake ana i nga amuamu mai i te Lieutenant General o te ope taua a Daniel Van Voorhis, Kaiwhakahaere o te Caribbean Defense Command mo te mahi tahi a te Army-Navy.