Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Fort A.P. Hill yakatangwa senzvimbo yokurovedza mauto pana June 11, 1941, mukuwirirana neDhipatimendi reHondo General Order No. 5. Mugore rayo rokutanga, nzvimbo yacho yakashandiswa senzvimbo yekudzidzira yeII Corps uye yezvikamu zvitatu zveNational Guard zvakaitwa kubva kuMiddle-Atlantic states. Mumatsutso a1942, Fort A.P. Hill yaiva nzvimbo yekugadzirisa mauto ehurumende nemauto ehondo yaMajor General George S. Patton's Task Force A, iyo yaiva chikamu cheWestern Task Force yeUnited States.
Kupinda kweAllied muFrance North Africa. Mumakore okutanga kweHondo Yenyika II, chiteshi chacho chakaramba chiri nzvimbo yokudzidzira mauto uye zvikamu zvechikamu. Kutanga muna 1944, kurovedza munda nokuda Officer Candidate School uye vakanyoresa kutsiva kubva pedyo Forts Lee, Eustis, uye Belvoir kwaiitwa.