Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I whakahaua ano a LtCol Kier ki tawahi i te marama o Mei 1944 ki te mahi hei rangatira whakahaere me te rangatira whakahaere mo te Marine Aircraft Group 13 (MAG-13) i nga Moutere o Marshall. I wehe ia mai i te MAG-13 i te 15 o Hepetema 1944 kia mahi hei kaitirotiro me te roopu Amphibious Group 3 Air Support Control Unit i te Pakanga o Leyte
He aha? I te Noema 1, 1944, i uru atu ia ki a Colonel Vernon Megee hei mema o te Tumuaki Tautoko Rererangi Motuhake hou, ko tana mahi ko te whakarite, te whakangungu me te whakakao i nga waahanga Marine hei taarua i te mahi whakahaere rererangi o te moana engari me mahi ki uta. I mahi ia me te Landing Force Air Support Control Unit 1 (LFASCU-1) i Iwo Jima me Okinawa. I te Pakanga o Okinawa, ko ia te rangatira rangatira o LFASCU-1. Mo tana mahi nui i Okinawa mai i te Mei 15 ki te Hune 21, 1945, i whakawhiwhia ia ki te Tohu Whetu Parahi me te "V" Whawhai. I noho ia ki LFASCU-1 tae noa ki te mutunga o te pakanga ka huri ki nga Whenua i Akuhata 1945.