Rakaitwazve basa muna 1942 parakaendeswa kuNorth Africa kunorwisa Afrika Korps yeGermany. Kutevera kukundwa kweGermany uye kubviswa kuNorth Africa, 87th yakabatanidzwa muAllied Invasion yeSicily uye Invasion yeItaly uye yakazotevera kukwira kweItaly Peninsula. Mukati mekurwisa kweAllied muItaly chikwata ichi chakatumirwa kwenguva pfupi kutsigira kupinda kweSouthern France
muna 1944. Mushure mehondo yechi87 yakamira muAustria kwenguva pfupi isati yadzokera kuUnited States uye kusashanda.