Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - basa rokutanga raNorton kunze kweWest Point rakanga riri ku12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division somutungamiriri wekambani. Akabva adzokera kuChikoro cheVashandi vomumauto mumatsutso a1942 kuti apinde Chikoro cheBataillon Commander uye Staff Officers uye Chikoro cheParachute. Pashure pokupedza kosi yacho, akazviisa ku82nd Airborne Division muNorth Africa. Akakurumidza kukwidziridzwa kuva mukuru mukuru we2d Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment. Mwedzi miviri gare gare, akakwidziridzwa zvakare, kuva S-3 (mushandi anoshanda) weRegiment. Akaita kutanga kwake kwekusvetuka kwehondo ina semukuru mukuru, achitora chikamu muKupinda kweSicily
. Pashure pokudzokera kuNorth Africa, akaita jamba rechipiri rokurwa muSalerno, Italy, achivharira mauto eGermany ayo akanga achiedza kurwisa mauto eU.S. emvura. Kusvetuka kwake kwechitatu kwakanga kuri mukutsigira Kupinda kweNormandy paD-Day, 6 June 1944 apo akatungamirira varume vake murima pamusoro peSt. Mere-Eglise, France. Muna Chikunguru wegore iroro, akatora mutungamiri we3d Battalion; akasimudzirwa mwedzi wakatevera kuG3 ye82d Airborne Division. Norton akaita kurwisa kwake kwechina muna September, muNetherlands kuti atore masvingo kubva kumuganhu weDutch kuenda kuArnhem sechikamu cheOperation Market Garden.