Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Ya yi yaƙi a kusan kowane babban yaƙi a cikin Pacific har zuwa ranar mutuwarsa. An ba shi lambar yabo ta Shugaban kasa da Frank Knox, Sakataren Sojojin Ruwa, ya sanya hannu a ranar 4 ga Fabrairu, 1943, a matsayin memba na 1st Marine Division (Reinforced), a cikin Solomons
a watan Agustan shekara ta 1942.