Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A kpọghachiri ya n'ọrụ n'afọ 1942 mgbe a kpọgara ya n'Ebe Ugwu Africa ịlụso ndị agha Germany bụ́ Afrika Korps ọgụ. Mgbe mmeri ndị Germany na ịdọrọ na North Africa, ndị 87th sonyere na Allied Invasion nke Sicily na mbuso agha nke Italy ma mesịa bulie Italian Peninsula. N'oge ndị Allied na-awakpo na Italy, e zigara ndị agha ahụ na-akwado ndị agha ndị Germany.
mwakpo a wakporo ndịda France n'afọ 1944. Mgbe agha ahụ gasịrị, e debere 87th na Austria ruo obere oge tupu ọ laghachi na United States na inactivation.