Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Pipiri 1942, i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, ka uru a Long ki te United States Navy Reserve. I whai wāhi ia ki ngā whakaekenga a ngā Rōia o
Te Raki o Awherika, Sicily, Itari, me te tonga o France me te whakahau i te kaipuke kawe waka (LCT) i te rerenga tuatahi ki Cavalaire-sur-Mer. I whakawhiwhia ki a ia e wha nga whetu pakanga mo tana mahi. I tukuna ia hei rangatira i te marama o Tihema 1945. I te tau 1947, i pootihia ia hei tuarua tuarua mo te whakahaere AMVETS o Louisiana.