Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi waJanuary 29, 1944, Boettiger akagamuchira menduru yeLegion of Merit nokuda kwebasa rakanaka muHurumende yeHondo yeAllied. Muzukuru wake wokurera Curtis Roosevelt akataura mumashoko ake okuyeuka kuti Boettiger akanga asina kufara pakutanga mubasa rake rechiuto, haana kupiwa mabasa anokosha muNorth Africa pamberi pe
kupinda kweSicily, uye akafunga kuti Hondo yakanga ichiedza kumudzivisa panhamo nemhaka yemhuri yake. Boettiger akakumbira kuendeswa kuUnited States muna 1944, kwaakadzokera kunzvimbo yake yevagari vemo.