Achiri kuNorthern Ireland, Hartle akapiwa basa rokuronga maBritish Commandos echiAmerica, boka duku re"hit and run" mauto, uye akasimudzira mubatsiri wake, Captain William Orlando Darby kuti atungamirire chikwata chitsva. Darby akaunganidza vazvipiri, uye pa500 vokutanga veU.S. Army Rangers, 281 vakabva ku34th Infantry Division. Musi wa 20 Chivabvu 1942, Hartle akasarudzwa semutungamiri mukuru weV Corps uye Major General Charles Ryder, murwi akasarudzika weHondo Yenyika I, akatora kutungamira kwe34th Division. Chikamu chakarovedzwa kuNorth Ireland kusvikira chaenda mungarava kuenda kuNorth Africa kuOperation Torch, kupindirwa kweAllied kuNorth Africa
, muna November 1942.