He had needed to get out of his parents' home young, so he lied about his age to enlist in the US Army in World War I. The army didn't care much: they wanted boys to put in front of the enemy's cannons.
Ọ kọwara na ọbụnadị ndị ahụ butere ihe erimeri ahụ ka e kesesàára ha ketàkwàra òkè na mmetụta nke oge ọrịa korona a, n'ihi na ha anaghịzị aga ọrụ ogologo oge niile ahụ gọọmenti mba USA tiri iwu onye apụtakwala ezi; kama na o metụrụ ha n'obi inyere ha bụ ụmụnne ha aka, bụzị nke mere ha jiri kpebie ikesàrà ha akpa osikapa ahụ.