Kammala wannan jumla: Halsey ya kasance yana da halin yin aiki mai tsanani, har ma a fuskar manyan haɗari da umarnin aiki na ƙuntatawa. An nakalto shi yana cewa, "Duk lokacin da nake da jirgin sama daya da matukin jirgi daya, zan ci gaba da kai hari". Wannan ya yi wa Amurka hidima sosai a lokacin yakin Guadalcanal, lokacin da ya fi dacewa da yakin basasa. Duk da yake kwamandojin da suka gabata na yankin Kudancin Pacific sun yi shakku game da ikon da za su iya ci gaba da matsayin Amurka a Guadalcanal, Halsey ya ba da gudummawa ga rundunarsa, ciki har da 'yan jirgi kaɗan, don tallafawa Marines a can. Wannan ya kashe sojojin Amurka da yawa, jiragen sama, da jiragen ruwa amma, a ƙarshe, ya haifar da mummunan rauni a kan abokan gaba kuma ya ba da damar Amurkawa su riƙe Guadalcanal. Wannan alama ce ta uku kuma ta yanke hukunci a cikin yakin Pacific. Tare da Marc Mitscher, wani admiral da ke da karfi ga masu kai hare-haren, sun yi nasara a kan hanyar su.
Rukunin tsibirin Solomon.