Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An umarci Ridderhof ya koma yankin Pacific a watan Yunin 1944 kuma ya yi nasara da abokin karatun sa na makarantar dabaru, William L. McKittrick a matsayin shugaban ma'aikata, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing. Ya shiga reshen yayin ayyukan iska a Emirau kuma daga baya ya shiga cikin yaƙe-yaƙe na iska a
Tsibirin Solomon karkashin Manjo Janar Ralph J. Mitchell. Ridderhof ya sami lambar yabo ta Bronze Star tare da Combat "V" don hidimarsa a ƙarshen 1944.