He was placed in the V-12 officer training program and was sent to Georgia Tech, where he and half of his detachment "flunked out" so they would be allowed to serve their time as enlistees and not "miss the war".
Han placerades i officersutbildningsprogrammet V-12 och sändes till Georgia Tech, där han och halva hans klass såg till att bli kuggade så att de inte skulle "missa kriget.