Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: E buliri ya n'ọkwa nke Lieutenant Colonel n'April 1943, na mgbe IMAC gbanwere aha III Amphibious Corps n'okpuru Major General Roy Geiger n'April 1944, o sonyere na atụmatụ na ogbugbu nke Bougainville Campaign,
Ịkwada Emirau, iweghachite Guam ma ọ bụ Agha Okinawa. N'ihi ọrụ ya n'ọnọdụ a, e nyere Wade ihe nrite nke Legion of Merit na Combat "V".