Ka kammala wannan jumla: A shekara ta 1942, Boettiger ya damu cewa ba ya yin abin da ya dace don yaƙin. 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 ba shi mukamin Manjo a watan Nuwamba na 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.