Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna August 1943, Hoover akagadzwa kuva Mutungamiriri, Air-based Air, Central Pacific uye akaramba ari mukutonga ikoko kusvikira muna December wegore iroro, apo kutonga kwake kwakagadziridzwa kutanga kuva Mutungamiriri, Aircraft, Central Pacific uye ipapo kuva Mutungamiriri, Central Pacific Forward Area. Akashanda mune izvi zvinzvimbo pasi pe Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz panguva yeTarawa, Kwajalein uye Eniwetok
muGilbert neMarshall Islands neSaipan, Guam muMariana Islands nePalau Islands. Hoover akaronga nzvimbo yake yekuraira kuti atsigire zvinobudirira mashandiro emunguva yemberi uye akatungamira boka rake rine simba rekurwisa rakadzika munzvimbo ine mhirizhonga, achibhomba nekurwisa zvinodzivirira zvinotyisa zvemuvengi mumabasa ekurwisa akashinga ayo akanyatsoderedza zvinangwa zvemauto ekurwisa amphibious achifambira mberi pasi pekutsvaga kwake uye ndege dzekuongorora. Iye akagamuchira yake yechipiri Navy Distinguished Service Medal nokuda kwebasa rake mumishandirapamwe iyi.