Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Kwanan nan kafin ƙarshen War a Pacific
, Long ya sauya daga Brigadier Janar Merritt A. Edson a ranar 30 ga Yuni, 1945, kuma ya koma Amurka. Daga bisani an tura shi zuwa yankin San Diego kuma ya sauya Kanar John Groff, wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin kwamandan kwata-kwata na Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. Don hidimarsa tare da Dokar Sabis, FMFPac, Long ya sami lambar yabo ta biyu.