An sake kunna shi a 1942 lokacin da aka tura shi zuwa Arewacin Afirka don yaƙi da Afrika Korps na Jamus. Bayan nasarar Jamus da janyewa daga Arewacin Afirka, 87th ya shiga cikin mamayewar Allied na Sicily da mamayewar Italiya da kuma turawa zuwa tsibirin Italiya. A lokacin da Allied offensive a Italiya da rundunar soja masu dawaki da aka taƙaitaccen aika don tallafa wa
mamayewar Kudancin Faransa a 1944. Bayan yakin, an kafa 87th a Ostiryia na ɗan gajeren lokaci kafin ya koma Amurka da rashin aiki.