Kammala wannan jumla: An tura runduna ta 25 zuwa Guadalcanal a watan Nuwambar 1942. Hodge ya kasance tare da 25th Division har zuwa Afrilu 1943, lokacin da aka ba shi mukamin babban janar kuma aka tura shi zuwa umurnin wucin gadi na 43rd Infantry Division, inda ya sauya Manjo Janar John H. Hester, wanda ya gaji daga yaƙi. Hodge ya umurci sashen na 43 a lokacin yakin da aka yi a
Arewacin Solomons kuma an ba shi lambar yabo ta Sojoji don hidimarsa.