그는 목화밭을 뒤로하고 사진으로만 보던 곳을 보고 싶었습니다. 진주만 폭격 이후, 그는 전쟁터 한복판에 배치될 준비가 되어 있었습니다. 그는 죽을 만큼 두려웠지만 조국의 안전을 위해 반드시 해야 할 일이라고 생각했다고 말했습니다.

He wanted to leave the cotton fields behind and see some places he had only seen in pictures. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, he was ready to be placed in the middle of battle. He said he was scared to death, but he felt it was the necessary thing to do to ensure his country would be safe.