Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Nuwamba na 1943, BatDiv 8 ya shiga cikin hare-haren da aka kai a Tarawa, Makin da Abemama a cikin Gilberts kuma ya rufe masu jigilar jiragen sama yayin da suka mamaye tsibirin. Daga nan Davis ya umurci BatDiv 8 a lokacin yakin Mariana Islands a Saipan, Tinian da Guam a watan Yuni-Agusta 1944 kuma ya sami Legion of Merit don hidimarsa. Ya ci gaba da jagorancin rundunarsa a lokacin mamayewar Leyte.
, Philippines a ƙarshen 1944 kuma an yi masa ado da na biyu na Legion of Merit.