Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A watan Nuwambar 1942 Festing ya dauki umurnin na 36th Indian Division kuma a farkon 1944 ya jagoranci shi a cikin matakai na karshe na Arakan offensive
na Burma yaƙin neman zaɓe. A tsakiyar 1944 sashin ya koma Arewacin Burma a matsayin wani ɓangare na Kwamandan Yankin Yakin Arewacin Amurka kafin ya koma rundunar soja ta 14. Festing yana da suna a matsayin soja na gaba kamar yadda aka nuna ta wata sanarwa game da wani taron a ranar 29 ga Oktoba, 1944: