Kammala wannan jumla: Urban ya fara shiga yaƙi lokacin da ya sa rairayin bakin teku ya sauka a ƙarƙashin wuta tare da wani soja a kan wani jirgin ruwa a ranar 8 ga Nuwamba, 1942, ranar farko ta
mamaye Arewacin Afirka, na Yakin Arewacin Afirka. Tare da Purple Heart, daya daga cikin lambobin farko da ya samu a lokacin yakin shine Silver Star.