Tuhia he whakamāramatanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I noho tonu a Colonel Jeschke ki te 8th Marines tae noa ki te tīmatanga o Mei 1943, i te wā i whakawātea 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 tenei kaha, i uru ia ki te whakamahere i te whakaekenga o Sicily
I te Hōngongoi 1943, ka riro i a ia tana Tohu Whakawhetai Navy tuarua mo ana mahi.