Ku dhammee weedhan soo socota: Spragins waxaa loo dalacsiiyay laba xiddigood oo ah sarkaal sare 1943 waxaana loo qoondeeyay taliyaha qeybta 71aad ee Cagaf-cagafka. Wuxuu kormeeray abaabulka iyo tababarka bilowga ah ee Qaybta 71-aad, waxaana ku guuleystey Major General Eugene M. Landrum si uu markaa u qaadi karo amarka Qaybta 44aad ee Ciidanka Lugta bishii Agoosto 1944. Wuxuu hogaaminayay qeybta 44aad intii lagu jiray dagaalka
Faransiiska iyo Jarmalka oo qeyb ka ah ciidanka Mareykanka ee toddobaad, oo uu hogaaminayo asxaabtiisa West Point, Lieutenant General Alexander Patch. Bishii Diseembar 1944 wuxuu ku laabtay Mareykanka sababo caafimaad awgood, waxaana beddelay William F. Dean.