Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Kāore ngā kaitiaki o te 45th Infantry Division i kite i tētahi mahi nui tae noa ki te wā ka noho rātou hei tētahi o ngā wae National Guard tuatahi i whakahohehia i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao i te tau 1941. I whai wāhi rātau ki ngā whawhai kaha i te wā o te whakaekenga o Hiti
me te whakaekenga o Salerno i te pakanga o Itari i te tau 1943. Ka haere whakamua a Itari, ka whawhai ratou i Anzio me te Beachhead ki te hopu i Roma. Whai muri i te taunga ki Parani i te Operation Dragoon, ka uru atu ratou ki te 1945 ki Tiamana i mutu ai te Pakanga i Uropi.