Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A lokacin da Japan ta kai hari a kan ci gaba a kan 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 kan 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.