Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I puta a Kirn i te United States Naval Academy i te tau 1932 a ka riro hei kaipuke rererangi. I te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao i mahi ia i te pakanga o nga Moutere o Solomon
, tae atu ki te Pakanga o Edson's Ridge, i te wa i whakawhiwhia ai ia ki te Navy Cross me te Distinguished Flying Cross. I muri mai i tana mahi i whakawhiwhia ki a ia te Tohu Ratonga Tohu Moana mo tana mahi hei United States Naval Attaché me United States Naval Attaché mo Air i te US Embassy, London.