He was promoted to sergeant after the raid on the island of Vaagsö, where, after having received a bullet in the arm, cut off from his unit and without ammunition, he penetrated a bunker and wiped out 16 enemy soldiers before returning to Allied lines.
Promaknut je u narednika nakon prepada na otok Vaagso, gdje je, nakon što je dobio metak u ruku i odsječen od svoje jedinice, probio u bunker te ubio 16 neprijateljskih vojnika, prije nego se vratio u savezničke linije.