 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana 11 July 1943, Tucker, uyo zvino akanga ava mukuru mukuru, akatungamirira mauto ake mukupinda kweAllied muSicily. Ikoko mauto epasi neegungwa eAmerica, achifunga kuti ndege dze504 dzakanga dziri ndege dzomuvengi, akapfura mapoka acho, zvichiguma nokurasikirwa kukuru kwendege 23, kukuvadzwa kwakawanda, uye kupararira kwemauto pachitsuwa chacho chose. Tucker akatungamirirawo 504th PIR panguva yeItaly Campaign paSalerno neAnzio, paNijmegen panguva yeOperation Market Garden, uye panguva yeHondo yeBulge. Nemhaka yehuwandu hwevanhu vakafa panguva yekurwisana muItaly, Tucker nevamwe vose ve504th havana kubatanidzwa muAllied invasion yeNormandy, panzvimbo pokugara muEngland. 