 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Hoge akatungamirira rimwe remabasa makuru ounyanzvi muHondo Yenyika II, kuvakwa kweAlcan Highway yemakiromita 2.450 mumwedzi mipfumbamwe. Gare gare, muEurope, akatungamirira Provisional Engineer Special Brigade Group yakabatanidzwa zvakananga kuV Corps United States pakurwiswa kweOmaha Beach. Mumwe wevarume vake vakakosha vakashanda pasi pake kubva kuAlaska kuenda kuEngland, Colonel Benjamin B. Talley, akatungamira kuronga-zvakasarudzika zvekupinda, achishandisa mepu, zvidzidzo zvemhepo, kunyangwe mafoto evashanyi uye makadhi ekuposita akatorwa kubva kuvanhu veBritain kuti vadzidze nzvimbo, uye sarudza kuti ndeapi mauniti aizorwisa zvikamu zvipi zvemahombekombe maviri eUnited States. Talley akaenda kumhenderekedzo yegungwa kuOmaha mumhepo yechitatu kuti atungamirire mabasa eEngineer uye pakarepo akatanga kugamuchira varume nezviuru uye zvinopiwa nematani pamusoro pemhenderekedzo kubva kuCommunications Zone, ruoko rwekupa uye rwekuchengetedza-mauto eEuropean Theater of Operations. Hoge gare gare akatungamirira Combat Command B ye9th Armored Division, mukuita kwayo kwoushingi muArdennes panguva yeHondo yeArdennes, uye mukutora kwayo kwakakurumbirareLudendorff Bridge pamusoro peRwizi Rhine paRemagen. Pakupera kwehondo, Hoge akanga ari Mutungamiriri Mukuru we4th Armored Division. 