Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'April 1943, mgbe ọtụtụ ọnwa nke ọzụzụ siri ike gasịrị, ndị agha ya zigara na Mediterranean Theater of Operations, n'okpuru iwu nke Major General Ridgway iji kere òkè na
na-aga ịwakpo Sicily. Ugboro abụọ mbụ nke ndị agha ahụ bụ mwakpo parachute na Sicily na 9July na Salerno na 13 Septemba 1943. Mwakpo mbụ a wakporo Sicily, site na 505th Parachute Regimental Combat Team, n'okpuru Ọchịagha Gavin, bụ mwakpo mbụ nke parachute nke ndị agha United States mere. Ọgụ mbụ nke glider ahụ emeghị ruo mgbe a na-arụ ọrụ Neptune dị ka akụkụ nke D-Day landings nke 6 June 1944. Ndị agha Glider nke 319th na 320th Glider Field Artillery Battalions na 325th Glider Infantry Regiment (na 3rd Battalion nke 504th PIR) kama bịarutere Italytali site na ụgbọ mmiri na Maiori (319th) na Salerno (320th, 325th).