Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ƙarshen Yuni 1944, yayin harin harin jirgin kasa a cikin kwarin Po a arewacin Italiya, an harbe Smith ta hanyar harbi na jirgin sama. Da yake fitowa daga jirginsa, ya sauka ba tare da wata mummunar rauni ba a cikin Ligurian Alps, a wani yanki da ke bayan layin Jamus, amma galibi a ƙarƙashin ikon masu adawa da Jamusawa na Italiya. Smith ya kwashe watanni uku yana aiki tare da ƙungiyar 'yan adawa ta gida kafin ya yi tafiya zuwa yamma, a ƙetaren Maritime Alps, tare da wasu ma'aikatan Allied guda uku, suna fatan shiga cikin sojojin Allied da suka mamaye
kudancin Faransa. Bayan kwanaki 23 na tafiya, sojojin Amurka sun dawo da shi da abokansa kuma suka koma gida.