Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'abalị iri na anọ n'ọnwa Eprel n'afọ 1942, ọ malitere ịchịkwa ndị agha ụgbọ mmiri nke atọ (VT-3) n'ụgbọ mmiri, mgbe ahụ dabere na ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri ụgbọ mmiri nke Kaneohe. Na 27 Mee 1942, e zigara VT-3 na-eso Agha nke Oké Osimiri Coral, na-anọchi ụgbọ mmiri nke onwe ya Torpedo Squadron 5 (VT-5). "Yorktown" jiri ụgbọ mmiri VT-3 gawa agwaetiti Midway ma banye
agha a lụrụ n'abalị anọ n'ọnwa Jun afọ 1942. N'oge ọgụ a dị oke mkpa, e gburu Massey mgbe ọ na-eduga ndị agha ya n'otu ọgụ dị ala megide ụgbọ elu ụgbọelu ndị Japan bụ Hiryū. A hụrụ ya na nke ikpeazụ. Ndị agha F4F Wildcat isii na-eso ya, nke Lieutenant Commander John Thach na-edu, iri n'ime TBD iri na abụọ nke VT-3 furu efu. N'ihi ike ya n'ịchụso mwakpo ahụ na "Hiryu", e nyere Massey ihe nrite nke Navy Cross.