Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An ba Spragins girma zuwa babban janar mai tauraro biyu a 1943 kuma an sanya shi a matsayin kwamandan rundunar soja ta 71. Ya kula da kungiyar farko ta 71st Division da horo, kuma Manjo Janar Eugene M. Landrum ya gaje shi don haka zai iya daukar umurnin na 44th Infantry Division a watan Agustan 1944. Ya jagoranci rundunar ta 44 a lokacin yaki a
Faransa da Jamus a matsayin wani ɓangare na Sojojin Amurka na Bakwai, wanda abokin karatun West Point ya umurce shi, Laftanar Janar Alexander Patch. A watan Disambar 1944 ya koma Amurka saboda dalilai na likita, kuma William F. Dean ya gaje shi.