Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na July 1943 O'Daniel
rutere na Sicily (Operation Husky) na 3rd Infantry Division. Na July 24, 1943, izu abụọ mgbe mbido mbụ ahụ gasịrị, ọ laghachiri Algiers ma tinye ya na 36th Infantry Division, nke ọzọ nke National Guard, na-ewe ndị si Texas, n'okpuru iwu nke Major General Fred L. Walker, maka Salerno landings (Operation Avalanche) na Septemba. Ọ bụ ezie na iwu ejighị ya ime otú ahụ, ọ họọrọ iso ndị agha ahụ gbadaa Salerno. Ọ ghọrọ onye isi na-ahụ maka ọrụ amphibious maka ndị agha nke ise na Ọktọba 1, 1943 na ọnwa na-esote e kenyere ya dịka onye enyemaka nke onye isi nke 3rd Infantry Division, nke Major General Lucian Truscott nyere iwu. Ngalaba ahụ gafere Volturno Line ma bulie ọkpụkpụ azụ nke Italy ruo mgbe ndị nche German Winter Line (nke a makwaara dị ka Gustav Line) na-eche nche. Ngalaba ahụ, mgbe ọ na-eduzi ọganihu nke ndị agha nke ise ma hụ ọtụtụ ọgụ siri ike na nnukwu ọnwụ, ewepụrụ maka izu ike na Nọvemba.