Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Goodwin jere ozi na Carrier Division Six n'oge mwakpo nke agwaetiti Bonin, ọrụ ụgbọ mmiri na Palau ma sonye na
Agha nke Leyte Gulf na ọrụ na-akwado Leyte landings na ngwụsị 1944. E mechara họpụta ya onye ọrụ ụgbọelu nke Oke Osimiri Philippine n'okpuru Rear admiral James L. Kauffman wee nọrọ na iwu ahụ ruo mgbe njedebe nke ọgụ. Maka ọrụ ya n'akụkụ ikpeazụ nke Agha Worldwa nke Abụọ, a kwụrụ Goodwin ugwu na Legion of Merit with Combat "V". O nwekwara ikike iyi uwe abụọ Navy Presidential Unit Citations na Navy Unit Commendation.