Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Marx nọrọ afọ anọ na United States Coast Guard n'oge Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ na-eje ozi na South Pacific. E kenyere ya ọrụ na Coast Guard crew Army Marine Ship Repair Ship "Duluth" nke banyere ụlọ ọrụ Army Marine Ship Repair Company maka ịrụzi ọrụ. Marx, onye Yeoman, nọ n'ụgbọ mgbe ụgbọ ahụ hapụrụ San Francisco na August 21, 1944 maka Finschhafen, bịarutere na Septemba 24, wee bịarute Hollandia na New Guinea na mbido Ọktọba iji chere ọpụpụ maka mwakpo nke Philippines. Mgbe ụgbọ mmiri ahụ jiri nwayọ nwayọ rute na Ọktoba 23, ụbọchị atọ mgbe
na-agbadata na Leyte. Marx nọ n'ụlọ ọgwụ na Tacloban maka ịba ma mgbe a tọhapụrụ ya, e kenyere ya ka ọ bụrụ onye na-eme emume nke ihe ngosi amateur na-enye ntụrụndụ maka ndị nọ n'azụ ebe ndị USO na-egosi. A kọrọ ahụmahụ Marx nwere n'ụgbọ ahụ n'akwụkwọ ya bụ́ "Nwa Groucho".