Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pakupera kwaJune 1944, panguva yokurwiswa kwechitima muPo Valley kuchamhembe kweItaly, Smith akapfurwa neantiaircraft fire. Achiburuka kubva mundege yake, akaburuka asina kukuvadzwa zvakakomba muLigurian Alps, munharaunda yaive kumashure kwemitsetse yeGerman, asi zvakanyanya pasi pekutonga kwevapanduki veItaly vanopesana neGerman. Smith akapedza mwedzi mitatu achishanda neboka romunzvimbomo rokurwisa asati afamba achienda kumadokero, mhiri kweMaritime Alps, nevamwe vatatu vaiva vashandi veAllied, vachitarisira kubatana nemauto eAllied akanga achangopinda
kumaodzanyemba kweFrance. Pashure pemazuva 23 okufamba, iye neshamwari dzake vakawanwa nemauto eAmerica ndokudzorerwa kumusha.