sentences:  Goettge gained national fame playing football for the Quantico Marines.Drawing attention from the NFL, Goettge eventually turned down a contract with the New York Giants.Prior to the Marine invasion of the Solomon Islands in Operation Watchtower, Goettge, Division D-2 augmented Marine Intelligence when he traveled to Australia spending a week in Melbourne and a few days in Sydney gathering information on the Islands from people who lived and worked there.