Ia tusi se faaauauina o lenei palakalafa - Na auina atu Murphy i Casablanca i Falani Morocco iā Fepuari 20, 1943. Na tofia o ia i le Kamupani B, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, lea na aʻoaʻoina i lalo o le taʻitaʻiga a Major General Lucian Truscott. Na auai o ia o se avefeʻau o le pelotoni ma lana vaega i Arzew i Algeria i aʻoaʻoga faigata mo le osofaʻiga a le Allied i Sicily
. Na siitia o ia i le Private First Class i le aso 7 o Me ma le Corporal i le aso 15 o Iulai.