Kammala wannan jumla: Bayan kammala karatunsa daga makarantar a 1921, Swigart ya shiga aikin sojan ruwa na Amurka. Ya kasance kwamandan USS "Melville" wanda ya bi sojojin Amurka na farko zuwa Burtaniya a watan Janairun 1942. An san Swigart saboda kokarinsa lokacin da yake umurni da sufurin sojoji a lokacin yakin basasa.
Ƙungiyar Allied ta mamaye Sicily.