Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Clarke akaendeswa kuchipatara nokuda kwokuneta uye chirwere chomwoyo muna 1943. Mushure mokudzoka kubva pazororo rekurwara, akashanda kubva munaJanuary kusvika munaOctober 1944 seMukuru weVashandi kuMutungamiri weAmphibious Training Command, Atlantic Fleet, iyo yakadzidzisa vashandi vepasi muSicily, Anzio, Normandy, uye
kumaodzanyemba kweFrance. Munyori weNavy, James Forrestal, akasaina gwaro rinopa Kaputeni Clarke Gold Star panzvimbo yechipiri Legion of Merit nokuda kwebasa rake mu "basa iri rinokosha zvikuru... kugadzwa uye kuchengetedzwa kwepamusoro yekurwisana kwezvikepe zveamphibious uye zvikepe".