Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A watan Mayu na shekarar 1942, sai Laftanar Shiga ya karbi umarnin kungiyar masu dauke da jirgin sama "Jun'yō", wani mukami da ya rike har zuwa Disamba 1942. A wannan lokacin, Shiga ya jagoranci mayakan jirgin a yakin Dutch Harbor
da tsibirin Santa Cruz. A cikin wannan yaƙin, ya kai hari kan masu jigilar Amurka, kuma, wanda tsohon ya nutse daga baya, yayin da "Enterprise" ya lalace sosai. Daga bisani ya umurci jirgin saman jirgin sama "Hiyō" daga watan Disamba na 1942 zuwa Janairu 1943 yayin da mai ɗaukar jirgin ya kasance a tashar jiragen ruwa a Japan.