Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An aika da 25th Division zuwa kasashen waje 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 jagoranci rundunar ta 43 a lokacin yakin da aka yi a Arewacin Solomons.
kuma an ba shi lambar yabo ta rundunar soja don aikinsa.