Kammala wannan jumla: McGaha ya yi yaƙi a yakin Guadalcanal da kuma arewacin
Solomons kafin shiga cikin yaƙin neman zaɓe don dawo da Philippines daga ikon Japan. A ranar 7 ga Fabrairu, 1945, yana aiki a matsayin babban jami'in soja a lokacin yakin Luzon. A wannan ranar, kusa da Lupao, Luzon, ya sha fallasa kansa ga harbin abokan gaba don taimakawa sojojin da suka ji rauni, ya jagoranci tawagarsa bayan da aka raunata shugaban tawagar, kuma da gangan ya jawo harbin Japan a kansa don wasu su iya tserewa zuwa aminci. Saboda wadannan ayyukan, an zabi shi don lambar yabo ta girmamawa kuma an ba shi kwamiti na filin wasa zuwa na biyu. Daga nan sai aka sallami McGaha daga Sojojin, amma ba da daɗewa ba ya sake shiga aikin soja a matsayin babban jami'in soja kuma an sanya shi a Fort Benning, Georgia. An amince da sunansa na Medal of Honor a shekara guda bayan yakin, a ranar 2 ga Afrilu, 1946. A yayin wani biki a Fadar White House a ranar 27 ga Maris, 1946, Shugaba Harry S. Truman ya gabatar da McGaha da wani mutum, Kwamandan Sojan Ruwa Richard O'Kane, tare da lambar yabo.