Ka kammala wannan magana: A watan Yuni na shekara ta 1942, a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II, Long ya shiga rundunar sojan ruwa na Amirka. Ya shiga cikin mamayewar Allied na
Arewacin Afirka, Sicily, Italiya, da Kudancin Faransa kuma ya umurci jirgin ruwa mai jigilar kaya (LCT) a cikin saukowar farko a Cavalaire-sur-Mer. An ba shi lambar yabo ta yaƙin yaƙi ta taurari huɗu don hidimarsa. An sallame shi a matsayin mai kula da shi a watan Disamba na shekara ta 1945. A shekara ta 1947, an zabe shi mataimakin kwamandan kungiyar AMVETS ta Louisiana.