Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana January 29, 1944, Boettiger akagamuchira Legion of Merit nokuda kwebasa rakanaka muHurumende yeHondo yeAllied. Mwanakomana wake wokurera Curtis Roosevelt akataura mumashoko ake ekuyeuka kuti Boettiger pakutanga akanga asina kufara mubasa rake rechiuto, haana kupiwa mabasa anokosha muNorth Africa vasati vapinda muSicily
, uye akafunga kuti Mauto akanga achiedza kumudzivisa zvinetso nemhaka yemhuri yake. Boettiger akakumbira kuendeswa kuUnited States muna 1944, kwaakadzokera kunzvimbo yake yevagari vemo.