Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Spragins akasimudzirwa kunzvimbo yenyeredzi mbiri yaMajor General muna 1943 uye akagadzwa semutungamiriri 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 chechi44 mukurwisana muFrance neGermany
sorutivi rweU.S. Seventh Army, iyo yaitungamirirwa nomudzidzi waaidzidza naye paWest Point, Lieutenant General Alexander Patch. Muna December 1944 akadzokera kuUnited States nokuda kwezvikonzero zvoutano, uye akatsiviwa naWilliam F. Dean.