Faatumu le fuaiupu lenei: Na siitia Spragins i le tulaga e lua fetu o le major general i le 1943 ma tofia e avea ma taʻitaʻi o le 71st Infantry Division. Na ia vaavaaia le uluai faalapotopotoga ma aoaoga a le Vaega 71, ma na sosoo ai ma Major General Eugene M. Landrum ina ia mafai ona ia tauaveina le pule o le 44th Infantry Division ia Aokuso 1944. Na ia taʻitaʻia le Vaega 44 i le taimi o taua i
Na ia auai i le vaega a le US Seventh Army, lea na taʻitaʻia e lana uō i le vasega i West Point, o le Lieutenant General Alexander Patch. Iā Tesema 1944, na toe foʻi ai o ia i le Iunaite Setete ona o māfuaaga faafomaʻi, ma na suia ai o ia e William F. Dean.