Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Bayan harin da aka kai a kan Pearl Harbor, an dauki Hamlett a matsayin jami'in bindiga na bindigogi na II Corps. A cikin 1942 ya sauka tare da Rukunin Sojoji na 1 a kan Arzew Beach kusa da Oran, Morocco yayin mamayewar Allied na Arewacin Afirka
Ka yi haƙuri. Da yake yin amfani da kwarewarsa a matsayin mai koyarwa a Fort Sill, ya taimaka wajen sake tsara makaman da ba su da tasiri a baya, yana taimakawa wajen yin gyare-gyare a cikin makamai. An lura da shi musamman don iyawarsa don ƙaddamar da wuta a yakin El Guettar.