Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Yuni 1942, a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II, Long ya shiga Rundunar Sojan Ruwa ta Amurka. Ya shiga cikin mamayewar Allied na Arewacin Afirka, Sicily, Italiya, da Kudancin Faransa
kuma ya umurci jirgin ruwa na jirgin ruwa (LCT) jirgin ruwa a cikin saukowa na 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.