Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - N'oge ndị Japan wakporo ebe dị elu na Midway, "Monssen" sonyere n'ọrụ nchekwa
na June 4-7, 1942 wee laghachi na Pearl Harbor maka izu ike na nrụzigharị, nke were ihe karịrị otu ọnwa. Smoot wee jiri ụgbọ mmiri "Monnsen" gawa agwaetiti Solomon nke ndị Japan na-ejide ma nye mkpuchi n'oge ndị agha mmiri rutere na Guadalcanal na Tulagi na August 7. "Monssen" nọgidere na mpaghara dị nso site na Agha nke Eastern Solomons, nke gbochiri ndị Japan iwusi ike iru Guadalcanal. Maka ọrụ ya na Solomons, a kwanyere Smoot ugwu na Bronze Star Medal na Combat "V". E buliri ya n'ọkwa ọchịagha na June 30, 1942.