Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Mgbe Kimmel nwetasịrị enyemaka, Curts gara n'ihu dịka onye ọrụ nkwukọrịta na ndị ọrụ nke onye nọchiri Kimmel, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, na-ezigara Nimitz ozi site n'ọhịa n'oge agha nke Coral Sea na Midway
Ọ dị mma. E nyere Curts Bronze Star maka ịhazi na iguzobe usoro nkwurịta okwu nke ndị agha na ndị agha na-arụ ọrụ nke ọma mgbe ọ bụ onye ọrụ nkwukọrịta maka Pacific Fleet.