sentences:  At age 16, while working as a lifeguard in Wildwood, New Jersey, he was playfighting with co-workers when a wrestling promoter spotted him and asked him to help with his roster, as many current ones were seeing action in World War II.His first match with later rival Buddy Rogers was in February 1944, tagging with him in Philadelphia and Baltimore-Washington.Darnell would himself leave wrestling for World War II service in December 1944, joining the United States Army.