Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 29 ga Janairu, 1944, Boettiger ya sami lambar yabo ta Legion of Merit don hidimar da ta dace a Gwamnatin Soja ta Allied. Ɗansa mai suna Curtis Roosevelt ya nuna a cikin tarihinsa cewa Boettiger ba shi da farin ciki a aikinsa na soja, ba a ba shi aikin da ya dace ba a Arewacin Afirka kafin mamayewar Sicily
, kuma ya yi tunanin rundunar soji na kokarin kiyaye shi daga matsala saboda danginsa. Boettiger ya nemi canja wurin jihohi a 1944, inda ya sake komawa matsayinsa na farar hula.