Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna April 1944, achipa kutungamira kwe2nd Armored Division kuna Major General Edward H. Brooks, akasarudzwa mukuru wevashandi veTatu Army, achishanda zvakare pasi peLieutenant General George Patton. Gaffey akashanda munzvimbo iyi munguva yehondo yokuWestern Europe
, kubva panguva iyo Third Army yakasvika muFrance muna Chikunguru 1944 uye yakaita basa rakakura muOperation Cobra uye Hondo yeFalaise Gap, ichiteverwa nekufambira mberi kweAllied kubva kuParis kuenda kuRhine uye Hondo yeMetz. Muna Zvita 1944 akatsiva Major General John Shirley Wood saCG we4th Armored Division, iyo yakaita basa guru muHondo yeBulge, ichibatsira kuputsa kukombwa kweBastogne. Akaramba ari mutungamiri weboka kusvikira muna March 1945, kusvika pakuguma kwehondo muEurope, paakava CG weXXIII Corps. Akasiya basa raitungamirira XXIII Corps munaGunyana, apo hondo yakapera nekuda kwekugamuchirwa kweJapan.