Soon after, he was ordered to the Marine Air Station at Guam where he had his introduction to the semitropical islands of the Marianas with which his name was later to become so closely linked.
Kort efter blev han overført til marinekorpsets flyvestation på Guam hvor han stiftede bekendtskab med de øer i Marianerne, som hans navn senere skulle blive så tæt knyttet til.