Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Paenga-whāwhā o te tau 1943, i muri i ngā marama maha o te whakangungu pakeke, i tohatohahia ōna hōia ki te Mediterranean Theater of Operations, i raro i te whakahau a Major General Ridgway ki te whai wāhi ki te
te pakanga ki te whakaeke i a Sicily. Ko nga mahi whawhai tuatahi e rua a te wehenga ko nga whakaeke parachute ki Sicily i te 9 o Hurae me Salerno i te 13 o Hepetema 1943. Ko te whakaekenga tuatahi ki Sicily, na te 505th Parachute Regimental Combat Team, i raro i a Colonel Gavin, ko te whakaekenga parachute whawhai tuatahi i whakahaerehia e te Ope Taua o te United States. Ko te whakaekenga tuatahi o te rererangi rererangi kaore i puta tae noa ki te Operation Neptune hei waahanga o nga taunga o D-Day o te 6 o Pipiri 1944. Ko nga hoia Glider o te 319th me te 320th Glider Field Artillery Battalions me te 325th Glider Infantry Regiment (me te 3rd Battalion o te 504th PIR) i tae mai ki Itari ma te tuku kaipuke ki Maiori (319th) me Salerno (320th, 325th).