Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I kuraina ia ki te Kura o St. Paul, New Hampshire, ā, i haere ki te Whare Wānanga o Yale, i reira ia i noho ai hei mema o te rōpū Scroll and Key, ā, i te tau whakamutunga i whakawhiwhia ki a ia te Tohu Alpheus Henry Snow. Whai muri i tana tohu i te 1942, ka uru ia ki te 22nd Marine Regiment ka whawhai i te Pakanga o te Moananui a Kiwa; i uru ia ki te Pakanga o Eniwetok
, i te Pakanga o Guam hei kaiārahi rōpū, i ngaro ai tōna kanohi maui i tētahi whakaeke ki te rīpene. I riro ia hei rangatira tuatahi, a, i whakawhiwhia ki a ia te Tohu Whetu Parahi. I whakapuakina e ia ana wheako whawhai, i a ia e tuhi ana mō "The Atlantic Monthly".