Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A lokacin da Jafananci suka kai hari a kan cibiyar ci gaba a Midway, "Monssen" ya shiga cikin ayyukan tsaro
a ranar 4 zuwa 7 ga Yuni, 1942 kuma ya koma Pearl Harbor don hutawa da sake gyarawa, wanda ya ɗauki fiye da wata daya. Smoot sa'an nan ya tashi tare da "Monnsen" ga Jafananci da aka yi a tsibirin Solomon kuma ya ba da kariya a lokacin da Marine ya sauka a Guadalcanal da Tulagi a ranar 7 ga Agusta. "Monssen" ya kasance a cikin yankin nan da nan ta hanyar Yaƙin Solomon na Gabas, wanda ya hana Jafananci ƙarfafawa daga isa Guadalcanal. Don hidimarsa a Solomons, an yi wa Smoot ado da lambar yabo ta Bronze Star tare da Yakin "V". An daukaka shi zuwa Kwamandan a ranar 30 ga Yuni, 1942.