Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Wendt ya halarci Makarantar Postgraduate na Naval daga Yuni zuwa Satumba 1939, don koyarwa a cikin hanyoyin sadarwa, amma an yanke hanya a takaice lokacin da Shugaba Franklin D. Roosevelt ya kafa ayyukan Neutrality Patrol, wanda ya kasance a matsayin jami'in bindigogi da na farko a kan jirgin ruwa a yankin Canal na Panama har zuwa Yuni 1940. Daga nan sai ya yi aiki na watanni shida a matsayin jami'in horo a kan ma'aikatan Kwamandan Destroyer Squadron 27 kafin a canja shi a watan Disamba zuwa ma'aikatan Kwamandan Destroyer Squadron 30 har zuwa Satumba 1943, don yin aiki da ke jagorantar ayyukan aiki da kuma shiga cikin
mamayewar Arewacin Afirka.