dhamaystiro weedha soo socota: Adeegga firfircoon ee Matthews wuxuu bilaabmay Luulyo 1943, isagoo ka soo degay Sicily kuna hagay rasaasta badda ee HMS "Roberts" ka dibna wuxuu helay goobo qoryaha, isagoo ku hoos jira dabka tooska ah ee cadowga, ee weerarkii Agira intii lagu jiray
Dagaalkii Sicily. Bishii Sebtember 1943, ololihiisii Talyaaniga ee dhul weynaha ayaa bilaabmay: markii dambe waxaa la siiyay DSO. Wuxuu ku soo laabtay UK bishii Janaayo 1944, isagoo loo wareejiyay Ciidanka II Canadian sida CCRA, oo loo arko inuu yahay "shaqada labaad ee ugu sarreysa ee qoryaha ee Ciidamada Kanada". Ciidanka labaad waxaa lagu hawlgeliyay Normandy bishii Luulyo 11, 1944 wuxuuna ka qeyb qaatay dhowr ficil (Hawlgallo "Atlantic", "Spring", "Totalize" iyo "Tractable") Dagaalkii Normandy. Matthews wuxuu diyaariyay qorshaha rasaasta ee howlgal kasta.