Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pakutanga akagadzwa kuva kaputeni wengarava yokugadzira ngarava "Ifaistos", asati atumirwa kuBritain kunotarisira kugoverwa kwezvikepe zvina zve"Flower"-class kuuto rehondo reGirisi. Saizvozvowo, muna 1943 akanga ari mukuru wekugamuchira basa re "LST-1"-class tank landing ships muNew Orleans. Iye pachake akafungidzira kutungamira kweLST "Samos" (L179). Musi wa 10 Ndira 1944 akasimudzirwa kuva kaputeni (achidzokera kumashure kusvika 9 Mbudzi 1943), uye akatora chikamu semutungamiriri wechikepe chechikepe muAllied landing operations muAnzio (Ndira 1944), uye
Maodzanyemba eFrance (August 1944). Nokuda kwebasa rake semutungamiriri we "Samos", musi wa 14 September 1944 akagamuchira Greek War Cross, III kirasi. Nokuda kwebasa rake rose rehondo, uye kunyanya zviito zvake panguva yeAnzio landings, akagamuchira Medal for Outstanding Acts musi wa 11 December 1945.