Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Ya yi karatu a Jami'ar Bucknell da Jami'ar Harvard, ya sami digiri na biyu daga duka biyu a shekarar 1942. A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II, ya zama jami'i a cikin Sojojin Amurka kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin jami'in tarihi tare da sojojin Amurka a Yakin Turai na Tsakiya
daga 1944 zuwa 1945. Bayan yaƙin, Blumenson ya kasance a Faransa na tsawon shekaru, ya auri wata 'yar Faransa kuma daga baya ya raba lokacinsa tsakanin Faransa da Amurka.