 Pari gbolohun ti o tẹle: Pepper ni igbega si ipo ọgagun ni Oṣu Karun ọdun 1942 ati pe ẹka rẹ lẹhinna lọ si Guadalcanal ni ibẹrẹ Oṣu Kẹjọ ọdun 1942 lati le ṣe okunkun Ẹka 1st Marine labẹ Major General Alexander Vandegrift. Ó kópa nínú : Ogun Tulagi ati 3rd Defense Battalion labẹ aṣẹ rẹ ṣaṣeyọri lu awọn ọkọ oju omi ọta mẹta ti o ti fi ara wọn silẹ si awọn ọmọ-ogun ilẹ. 