 Parts of his division participated in the Biscari massacre during which 73 Axis prisoners of war were murdered by the member of Division's 180th Infantry Regiment.The 45th Division was subsequently scheduled for invasion to the Southern France (Codename Operation Dragoon) and landed at St. Maxime on August 15, 1944.Eagles commanded the division during the liberation of Epinal and Rambervillers in September of that year and advanced to the Vosges mountains.