July 1943 O'Daniel waxa uu ka degay Sicily
(Hawlgalka Husky) oo ay la socdeen qeybta 3aad ee Caga-cad. Bishii Luulyo 24, 1943, laba toddobaad ka dib soo degitaankii bilowga ahaa, wuxuu ku soo laabtay Algiers waxaana lagu soo daray Qaybta 36aad ee Caga-jirka, oo ah qeyb kale oo ka mid ah Ilaalada Qaranka, oo ka soo qortay Texas, oo ka amar qaatay Major General Fred L. Walker, oo loogu talagalay soo degitaanka Salerno (Operation Avalanche) bishii Sebtember. Inkastoo aysan aheyn waajib in uu sidaas sameeyo, wuxuu doortay in uu la dego ciidamada Salerno. Waxa uu noqday sarkaal ka masuul ah howlgallada amphibious ee Ciidanka Shanaad Oktoobar 1, 1943 waxaana bishii xigtay loo magacaabay kaaliyaha taliyaha qeybta (ADC) ee qeybta 3aad ee Caga-jirka, oo uu hoggaaminayo Major General Lucian Truscott. Qeybta ayaa ka gudubtay Khadka Volturno waxayna kor u qaadday dhabarka Talyaaniga illaa ay ka hor istaageen difaaca Jarmalka ee Xilliga Jiilaalka (oo sidoo kale loo yaqaan Khadka Gustav). Qeybta, ka dib markii ay hogaamiso ciidanka shanaad ee ciidanka oo ay arkeen dagaalo badan oo adag iyo khasaarooyin badan, ayaa dib loogu celiyay nasashada bishii Nofeembar.