Buuxi weedha soo socota: Ka dib weerarkii Japan ee Pearl Harbor iyo gelitaanka Mareykanka ee Dagaalkii Labaad ee Adduunka, Wickersham waxaa loo dallacsiiyay darajada ku meel gaarka ah ee Brigadier General bishii Janaayo 1942 waxaana loo magacaabay Taliyaha Dugsiga cusub ee Dowladda Milatariga oo ku yaal Jaamacadda Virginia ee Charlottesville, Virginia. Intii uu ku jiray jagadan, wuxuu si toos ah ugu hoos jiray Taliyaha Guud ee Ciidanka, Major General Allen W. Gullion wuxuuna mas'uul ka ahaa tababarka saraakiisha si faahfaahsan mustaqbalka ee la xiriira Dowladda Milatariga iyo Xiriirka. Ardayda qalin jabisay waxay ka caawiyeen taliyayaasha beeraha shisheeye xiriirka ay la leeyihiin rayidka. Intii uu xilkaasi hayey, Wickersham wuxuu sidoo kale shaqo gaar ah u hayey sidii la taliyaha arrimaha dowladda militariga ee
Afrika, Sicily iyo Talyaaniga. Adeeggiisii xilkaas, Wickersham waxaa lagu sharfay Legion of Merit.