Ka kammala wannan magana: Ya yi yaƙi a kusan kowane babban yaƙi a Pacific har zuwa ranar mutuwarsa. An ba shi lambar yabo ta Shugaban kasa da Frank Knox, Sakataren Sojojin Ruwa, ya sanya hannu a ranar 4 ga Fabrairu, 1943, a matsayin memba na 1st Marine Division (Reinforced), a cikin
Solomons a watan Agusta 1942.