Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Spragins akasimudzirwa kuva mukuru mukuru ane nyeredzi mbiri muna 1943 uye akagoverwa somutungamiriri we71st Infantry Division. Akatarisira sangano rekutanga re71st Division nekudzidziswa, uye akatsiviwa naMajor General Eugene M. Landrum kuitira kuti agone kutora kutungamira kwe44th Infantry Division munaAugust 1944. Akatungamirira Chikamu chechi 44 mukati mekurwa mu
France neGermany sorutivi rweU.S. Seventh Army, iyo yaitungamirirwa nomudzidzi wake weWest Point, Lieutenant General Alexander Patch. Muna December 1944 akadzokera kuUnited States nokuda kwezvikonzero zvoutano, uye akatsiviwa naWilliam F. Dean.