Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Coursey da rundunarsa sun ba da jigilar jiragen sama na ma'aikata, kayan aiki, da kayayyaki, gami da kwashewar likitocin jirgin sama yayin yakin da aka yi a Arewacin Solomons
, galibi a tsibirin Bougainville. Ya kasance a cikin umurnin rundunar soji har zuwa karshen yakin kuma ya zama wakilin Amurka a lokacin da aka mika wuya ga Janar Janar na Japan, Masatane Kanda, Kwamandan Sojoji na 17 da ke aiki a Bougainville a ranar 8 ga Satumba, 1945. Don hidimarsa tare da VMR-152, an yi wa Coursey ado da lambar yabo ta Bronze Star tare da Combat "V" kuma ya kuma sami lambar yabo ta Air don shiga cikin jirgin sama.