 Kunyange zvazvo aifungidzirwa zvikuru nevakuru vakuru vakawanda, Dawley akanga aendeswa naPatton muSicily kunyange zvazvo izvi zvainyanya kukonzerwa naPatton achida mutungamiri ane ruzivo uye kukodzera kwake kwekutungamira kwakakwirira kwakanga kwabvunzwa neMukuru Mukuru weAllied muMTO, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, uye British General Sir Harold Alexander, mutungamiri we15th Army Group, uyo akarondedzera Dawley se rutsanga rwakaputsika. Mushure mematambudziko eSalerno, panguva iyo Clark akaunza Major General Matthew Ridgway, mutungamiri we82nd Airborne Division, kuti ashande semutevedzeri wemutungamiri weVI Corps, Dawley akatsiviwa naClark mushure meSalerno, sezvo akatongwa kuti aneta. Vakawanda, kusanganisira vose vari vaviri Walker naMiddleton, pamwe chete naColonel James Gavin, mutungamiri we505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, vakatenda kuti Clark akashandisa Dawley sechinhu chokupira kuti afukidze kukundikana kwake uye akafunga kuti Clark ndiye aifanira kuenda. Dawley akatsiviwa semutungamiriri weVI Corps naMajor General John P. Lucas, uyo akatsiviwawo muna Kukadzi 1944 panguva yeOperation Shingle. 