Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I noho tonu a Colonel Jeschke ki te 8th Marines tae noa ki te timatanga o Mei 1943, i te wa i tukuna ai ia e Colonel Elmer E. Hall. I muri mai ka nekehia ia ki te United States ka tohaina mo te wa poto ki te Tumuaki Marine Corps. I muri mai ka tohua a Jeschke hei Kaiwhakahaere Whakahaere Marine me te Kaiwhakahaere Whakaakoranga i runga i nga kaimahi o te Western Naval Task Force kei te Mediterranean i raro i te whakahau a Rear Admiral Henry Kent Hewitt. I roto i tenei kaha, i whai wāhi ia ki te whakamahere i te
Te whakaekenga o Sicily i te Hōngongoi o te tau 1943 ka riro i a ia tana Tohu Whakamoemiti Navy tuarua mo ana mahi.