Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi waDecember 7, 1941, Patrick akanga ari paPearl Harbor. Mukati mokurwiswa zuva iroro, murairo wake wokuti ngarava dzakasungwa dzichengetedze zvombo zvipenyu mumakomo adzo ezvombo zvaizobetsera kurwisa kweU.S. kurwisana neImperial Japanese Navy. Akazotungamirira muparadzi munguva yeHondo Yenyika II kubva pakugadzwa musi wa20 Kurume 1944 kusvika musi wa20 Gunyana 1945 uye akapinda muHondo yeBattles of
Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima uye Okinawa.