Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na Mee 1942, Bellinger ka a họpụtara ka ọ bụrụ ọchịagha, ụgbọelu patrol, Pacific Fleet n'okpuru Admiral Chester Nimitz. O nyere aka n'ịhazi
Midway na Nimitz zigara ya Washington, D.C. na Julaị 1942 iji nyefee atụmatụ nhazi ya maka ụgbọ elu Naval na Pacific na Admiral Ernest J. King, Onye isi ndị ọrụ Naval. Ka ọ nọ ebe ahụ, Bellinger mere nyocha ahụike na-eme kwa ụbọchị na Hospitallọ Ọgwụ Bethesda Naval, nke chọpụtara na ọ nwere ọrịa obi dị nro. Ọrụ agha ya bịara ná njedebe, e nyekwara ya iwu ka ọ rụọ ọrụ na-adịchaghị akpata nchekasị.