Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - Na Nọvemba 1943, BatDiv 8 sonyere na mwakpo Tarawa, Makin na Abemama na Gilberts ma kpuchie ndị na-ebu ụgbọelu mgbe ha wakporo agwaetiti ndị ahụ. Davis wee nye iwu BatDiv 8 n'oge mkpọsa Mariana Islands na Saipan, Tinian na Guam na June-August 1944 wee nata Legion nke Merit maka ọrụ ya. Ọ gara n'ihu n'ịchị ngalaba ya n'oge mwakpo nke Leyte
, Philippines na ngwụcha afọ 1944 ma were ihe nrite nke abụọ nke Legion of Merit.