Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna August 1943, Hoover akagadzwa kuva Commander, Land-based Air, Central Pacific uye akaramba aripo kusvikira muna December wegore iroro, apo kutungamira kwake kwakatanga kugadziriswazve kuva Commander, Aircraft, Central Pacific uye ipapo kuna Commander, Central Pacific Forward Area. Akashanda mune izvi zvinzvimbo pasi pe Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz panguva yeTarawa, Kwajalein uye
Eniwetok muGilbert neMarshall Islands uye Saipan, Guam muMariana 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.