Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Colonel Jeschke akaramba ari mu8th Marines kutozosvikira pakuvamba kwaMay 1943, apo akatsiviwa naColonel Elmer E. Hall. Pashure pacho akaendeswa kuUnited States uye akapiwa basa kwenguva pfupi paMahofisi Makuru eMarine Corps. Jeschke akazogadzwa Force Marine operations uye kudzidzisa mukuru pavashandi veWestern Naval Task Force iri muMediterranean pasi pekutungamira kwaRear Admiral Henry Kent Hewitt. Muchiitiko ichi, akabatanidzwa mukuronga kwe
Kupinda kweSicily muna Chikunguru 1943 uye akagamuchira yake yechipiri Navy Commendation Medal nokuda kwezvaakaita.