Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Pashure penjodzi yePearl Harbor, Kimmel akatsiviwa naAdmiral Chester W. Nimitz, uyo akachengeta vashandi vose vaKimmel. McCormick akava mukuru wezvirongwa zvehondo zveNimitz muna April 1942, achishanda munzvimbo iyoyo panguva yehondo dzeCoral Sea
, Midway, uye Guadalcanal. Musi waJune 30, 1942, McCormick akakuvadzwa mutsaona yendege apo aiperekedza Nimitz kuenda kuAlameda Naval Air Station. Pasinei nokutambura nomutsipa wakaputsika, McCormick haana kumbobvira aenda kunorwara, achisarudza kupfuurira mubasa rinoshingaira apo akanga akapfeka girasi kwemwedzi mitatu.