Buuxi weedhan soo socota: Masters ayaa markaa dib ugu laabtay Pearl Harbor si uu ugu biiro Guutada 10aad ee Difaaca bishii Nofeembar 1942. Kadib, sarkaal fulineed oo ka tirsan guutada, oo ku xiran I Marine Amphibious Corps, wuxuu ka soo shaqeeyay
Jasiiradaha Solomon iyo Russell. Waxaa loo dalacsiiyay kornayl-ku-xigeen bishii Abriil 1943. Bishii Agoosto ee sanadkaas, wuxuu si kooban ugu amray Dufcaddii 2aad ee Ciidanka Badda 1aad ee Australia ka hor inta uusan dib ugu soo celin cutubka dagaalka laga bilaabo Diseembar 1943 illaa Febraayo 1944 Dagaalkii Cape Gloucester, mar kale wuxuu hoos imaanayaa amarka Rupertus, oo hadda ah taliyaha guud ee Qeybta 1aad ee Ciidanka Badda.