Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Akabatanidzwa mukurwisa kwePacific kwaFebruary naMarch 1942 uye akabhururuka nendege yake yokutsvaka muHondo yeCoral Sea
, 7 kusvika 8 May. Haana kudzoka kubva pabasa iroro, Hale akafungidzirwa kuti akafa muhondo uye akapiwa Distinguished Flying Cross nokuda kwebasa rake rinoshamisa mukurwisana nemhepo uye "... kutsunga kwake kwakashinga uye kushingaira... kurwisa ndege dzemuvengi pasinei nekushorwa kwevarwi".