However, it was wartime. He trained as a pilot in the U.S. Army Air Corps in Utah and then waited in New York for the call to arms, which could put a stop to his dreams of stardom. While waiting, he wrote librettos for Broadway shows.
The outbreak of war led him to train as a military aviator in the U.S. Army Air Corps in Utah before being stationed in New York, where he waited for orders that could thwart his ambitions of stardom. In between, he wrote scripts for Broadway productions.