<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: U-Eddy wahola iDivision 9 ezigabeni zokuqala ze-Operation Overlord, igama eliyimfihlo leMpi yaseNormandy, ehla enyakatho ye-Utah Beach ezinsukwini ezine ngemuva kokwehla kwe-D-Day ngoJuni 6, 1944. Ngenxa yendima yakhe ekuthatheni itheku laseFrance iCherbourg, u-Eddy wanikezwa uMdwebo Wemisebenzi Ehloniphekile. Ngo-Agasti, waba yi-Commanding General ye-XII Corps, eyayivame ukuba yi-spearhead ka-Lieutenant General George S. Patton we-Third United States Army. U-Eddy wahola i-XII Corps ngesikhathi  <response>: Ukuqhubekela phambili kwamabutho ahlangene kusukela eParis kuya eRhine nokulwa okwalandela eWestern Front. Phakathi neMpi Yama-Ardennes, i-XII Corps ka-Eddy yagcina ngempumelelo ihlombe eliseningizimu ye-salilent yaseJalimane. Ngo-Ephreli ka-1945, ngemuva kokubamba iqhaza ekuhlaselweni kweJalimane yi-Western Allied, ngaphambi nje kokuphela kweMpi Yezwe II eYurophu, u-Eddy wabuyela e-United States ngenxa yokugula okunzima umfutho wegazi ophakeme kakhulu, lapho alulama khona futhi wathathelwa isikhundla sokuba ngumkhuzi we-XII Corps ngu-Major General Stafford LeRoy Irwin. 