Kammala wannan jumla: Shi memba ne na Kwalejin Kwalejin Amurka na 1915. Sabis a cikin mahimman wurare masu mahimmanci a cikin ruwa da ƙasa ya shirya shi don rawar da ya taka a matsayin kwamandan Amphibious Group 6 a hare-haren
a Leyte, Luzon, Mindanao, da Borneo a lokacin yakin Pacific a 1944 da 1945. An san shi da tsarawa da aiwatar da waɗannan mahimman ayyukan tare da Medal Distinguished Service, da lambar yabo (ya mutu daga ciwon zuciya a cikin jirginsa) lambar yabo ta Zinare a maimakon lambar yabo ta biyu. An kuma nada shi bayan rasuwarsa Kyaftin Kyaftin Kyaftin na Birtaniya don hidimarsa ga al'umma.