Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tukuna te Rōpū 25 ki tāwāhi ki Guadalcanal i te marama o Whiringa-ā-rangi 1942. I noho a Hodge ki te 25th Division tae noa ki te Paenga-whawha o te tau 1943, i te wa i whakatairangahia ai ia ki te taumata o te rangatira nui me te whakawhiti atu ki te whakahau mo te wa poto o te 43rd Infantry Division, i reira ia i whakakorehia ai a Major General John H. Hester, i pau nei i te pakanga. I whakahau a Hodge i te 43rd Division i te wā o ngā whawhai i
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