Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A 1942, Boettiger ya damu da cewa ba ya yin aikinsa don yakin basasa. Bayan bincike, FDR ya ƙi yin amfani da shi a cikin al'amuran diflomasiyya tun lokacin da yake cikin kasuwanci. A watan Afrilun 1942 Hearst ya ba Boettiger izinin barin aiki kuma ya nada shi kyaftin a cikin Sojoji. Ya shiga cikin mamayewar Sicily
da Italiya, ya yi aiki a Gwamnatin Soja, kuma an ci gaba da shi a watan Nuwambar 1943 kuma zuwa Laftanar Kanar ba da daɗewa ba bayan haka. A matsayin jami'in sadarwa a Gwamnatin Soja, ya kasance a bakin teku a Salerno a ranar farko ta saukowa.