Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I ako ia ki te Whare Wānanga o Bucknell me te Whare Wānanga o Harvard, i whiwhi tohu paetahi mai i te tau 1942. I te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, ka noho ia hei rangatira i roto i te ope taua o te United States, a, i mahi ia hei rangatira hitori me nga ope US i te pakanga o Central Europe
mai i te tau 1944 ki te 1945. I muri i te pakanga, i noho tonu a Blumenson ki Parani mo nga tau, i marena ki tetahi wahine French, ana i muri mai ka wehewehe i tana wa i waenga i Parani me te United States.