Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: E nyere Ridderhof iwu ka ọ laghachi na mpaghara Pacific na June 1944 wee nwee ike ịga nke ọma na klas klas ya, William L. McKittrick dị ka onye isi ndị ọrụ, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing. O sonyeere ndị agha ahụ n'oge a na-agba ụgbọelu na Emirau ma mesịa sonye n'agha ụgbọelu na
Solomon Islands n'okpuru Major General Ralph J. Mitchell. Ridderhof natara Ọla Bronze Star Medal na Combat "V" maka ọrụ ya na ngwụcha 1944.