Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A họpụtara Linscott ka ọ bụrụ onye ọrụ na-ahụ maka ọzụzụ na ndị ọrụ nke Amphibious Force, Atlantic Fleet n'okpuru Major General Holland Smith ma bulie ya n'ọkwa nke Colonel na October 1941. Mgbe United States banyere Agha Worldwa nke Abụọ, e nyere Linscott iwu ka ọ rụọ ọrụ na South Pacific na June 1942 ma tinye ya na ndị ọrụ nke onye isi, Amphibious Force South Pacific n'okpuru Vice Admiral Richmond K. Turner. A họpụtara Linscott ka ọ bụrụ osote onye isi ndị ọrụ ma sonye n'ọtụtụ mkpọsa dị ukwuu na
Solomon Islands, New Georgia, Bougainville na Gilbert na Marshall Islands. Ọ nọgidere na ndị ọrụ Turner mgbe a gbanwere aha nke Amphibious Force South Pacific na Third Amphibious Force ma gosipụta onwe ya na ikike ahụ. O mechara nweta ihe nrite abụọ nke Legion of Merit maka ọrụ ya.