I te 8 o Whiringa-a-rangi, 1942, he kaihautū ia i te Rōpū L i te wā i tae mai ai te 3rd Infantry Division me ētahi atu wehenga e rua o te U.S. Army i te wā o te whakaekenga o French North Africa
i raro i te rangatira o George S. Patton, Jr. nāna i whakahau ngā ope ki te Uru. I tae atu a Britt me tana roopu ki te takutai o Awherika ki te Raki i Casablanca, French Morocco. Ko te 30th Infantry i tae mai ki te takutai me te tere ki te pupuri i te taha maui o te 3rd Division me te whakamutua o Fort Blondin i roto i te tukanga e pupuhi ana i nga ope moana e takoto ana i te takutai o Moroccan. I te 11 o Noema, kua whakauruhia e te 30th Infantry me te 3rd Division a Casablanca. I te marama o Hanuere 1943, i whakawhiwhia te 3rd Battalion, 30th Infantry ki te tiaki whaiaro mo Sir Winston Churchill me te Perehitini Franklin D. Roosevelt i te Huihuinga o Casablanca. I te mutunga o te pakanga o Awherika ki te Raki, ka tiimata te wehenga 3 ki te whakangungu i Bizerte, Tunisia mo te whakaekenga o Sicily.