Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Clarke akaiswa muchipatara nokuda kwokuneta uye chirwere chomwoyo muna 1943. Pashure pokudzoka kubva pazororo rokurwara, akashanda kubva muna January kusvika muna October 1944 seMukuru weVashandi kuMutungamiriri weAmphibious Training Command, Atlantic Fleet, iyo yakadzidzisa vashandi vepasi muSicily, Anzio, Normandy, uye kumaodzanyemba kweFrance
. Munyori weNavy, James Forrestal, akasaina gwaro rinopa Kaputeni Clarke Gold Star panzvimbo yechipiri Legion of Merit nokuda kwebasa rake mu "basa iri rinokosha zvikuru... kugadzwa uye kuchengetedzwa kwepamusoro yekurwisana kwezvikepe zveamphibious uye zvikepe".