Kammala wannan jumla: Damato ya shiga cikin Rundunar Sojojin Ruwa na Amurka a ranar 8 ga Janairu, 1942. Ya tafi Derry, Ireland ta Arewa, a watan Mayu na wannan shekarar. A cikin shekarar farko ta aikinsa, ya bambanta kansa, da yardar rai don aiki na musamman tare da zaɓaɓɓen ƙungiyar mamayewa wanda ya shiga cikin
Saukowa daga Arewacin Afirka. 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.