Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An ba da Spragins zuwa matsayi na tauraron biyu na babban janar a 1943 kuma an sanya shi a matsayin kwamandan na 71st Infantry Division. Ya kula da kungiyar farko ta 71st Division da horo, kuma Manjo Janar Eugene M. Landrum ya gaje shi don haka zai iya daukar umurnin na 44th Infantry Division a watan Agustan 1944. Ya jagoranci Rundunar ta 44 a lokacin yakin da aka yi a Faransa da Jamus
a matsayin wani bangare na Sojojin Amurka na Bakwai, wanda abokin karatunsa na West Point, Laftanar Janar Alexander Patch ya umurce shi. A watan Disambar 1944 ya koma Amurka saboda dalilai na likita, kuma William F. Dean ya gaje shi.