Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: E buliri Spragins n'ọkwa kpakpando abụọ nke onye isi ndị ọchịagha na 1943 ma kenye ya ọrụ dị ka ọchịagha nke 71st Infantry Division. Ọ na-ahụ maka nhazi na ọzụzụ mbụ nke Ngalaba nke 71, na Major General Eugene M. Landrum nọchiri ya ka o wee nwee ike ijide iwu nke 44th Infantry Division na August 1944. O du ndị agha nke 44 n'agha na
France na Germany dị ka akụkụ nke ndị agha nke asaa nke United States, nke onye otu klas ya na West Point, Lieutenant General Alexander Patch nyere iwu. Na Disemba 1944 ọ laghachiri United States maka ihe ndị metụtara ahụike, William F. Dean nọchiri ya.