Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Damato ya shiga cikin Rundunar Sojan Ruwa na Amurka a ranar 8 ga Janairu, 1942. Ya tafi Derry, Ireland ta Arewa, a watan Mayu na wannan shekarar. A shekara ta farko da ya shiga aikin soja, ya yi fice, ya ba da kansa don aiki na musamman tare da zaɓaɓɓen ƙungiyar mamayewa waɗanda suka shiga cikin saukowar Arewacin Afirka
Ka yi haƙuri. An ci gaba da shi a cikin matsayi na musamman don halayyar kirki a cikin aikin yayin da yake aiki a cikin jirgin ruwa a tashar jiragen ruwa na Arzew, Algeria a ranar 8 ga Nuwamba, 1942. Saukowa tare da raƙuman ruwa da ke shiga tashar jiragen ruwa daga teku, ya taimaka wajen shiga da kuma kama jiragen ruwa a tashar jiragen ruwa, kuma a karshe tashar jiragen ruwa kanta. Ya koma Amurka a watan Maris na 1943, kuma watanni uku bayan haka, ya tashi zuwa aiki a cikin Pacific.