Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A mụrụ Alvin Lee Marts na 4 August 1923 na Wilsonville, Nebraska. Ọ debanyere aha na ndị agha mmiri na Denver, Colorado na 2 Julaị 1941. O jere ozi ma lanarị ya na-esote
Agha nke Midway. A kpọfere ya n'ụlọ ọrụ ndị na-agbanyụ ọkụ, klas nke abụọ. Na mbido Agha nke Tassafaronga, "New Orleans" nwere torpedo kụrụ n'ọnụ mmiri ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri ya nke gbawara magazin abụọ ma gbapụ akụkụ ihu nke ụgbọ ahụ laghachi na ụlọ nche No. 2. N'ịbụ onye e kenyere n'otu ndị na-arụzi agha n'ihu, Marts merụrụ ahụ nke ukwuu site na mgbawa ahụ na ọkụ ahụ. Agbanyeghị na ọ nyere aka n'ibu onye ọrụ ahụike merụrụ ahụ gaa n'ụlọ ọrụ agha na-eyi uwe n'etiti ebe ọ dara site n'ịla ọbara na ike ọgwụgwụ. Ọ nwụrụ n'ihi ọnyá ya n'oge na-adịghị anya ka nke ahụ gasịrị. E nyere ya ihe nrite Navy Cross mgbe ọ nwụsịrị.