Faatumu le fuaiupu lenei: I le masina o Aperila 1943, ina ua mavae le tele o masina o toleniga faigatā, na auina atu ai ana fitafita i le Metitirani, i lalo o le taʻitaʻiga a Major General Ridgway e auai i le
e osofaʻia ai Sicily. O uluaʻi osofaʻiga e lua a le vaega, o osofaʻiga a le parachute i Sicily i le aso 9 o Iulai ma Salerno i le aso 13 o Setema 1943. O le osofaʻiga muamua i Sicily, e le 505th Parachute Regimental Combat Team, i lalo o le taʻitaʻiga a Colonel Gavin, o le uluai osofaʻiga a le parachute a le United States Army. O le osofaʻiga muamua a le vaalele e leʻi tupu seʻia oʻo i le Operation Neptune o se vaega o le D-Day landings o le 6 Iuni 1944. O fitafita o le 319th ma le 320th Glider Field Artillery Battalions ma le 325th Glider Infantry Regiment (ma le 3rd Battalion o le 504th PIR) nai lo lea na taunuu i Italia e ala i le folau i Maiori (319th) ma Salerno (320th, 325th).