Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Colonel Jeschke akaramba ari mu8th Marines kutozosvikira pakuvamba kwaMay 1943, paakabviswa 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. Muchinzvimbo ichi, akabatanidzwa mukuronga Kupinda kweSicily
muna July 1943 uye akagamuchira menduru yake yechipiri yeNavy Commendation nokuda kwezvaakaita.