Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, i tukuna a "LST-564" ki te Pacific Theater of Operations. I uru ia ki te pakanga o Piripi, i uru ki nga taunga whenua
i Leyte i te Oketopa 1944. I uru ia ki te whakaekenga me te noho o Okinawa mai i te Paenga-whāwhā ki te Pipiri 1945.