Dee ihe ọzọ maka paragraf a - Ọ hapụrụ ụlọ akwụkwọ tupu ọ gụchaa akwụkwọ iji sonye na United States Marine Corps n'oge Agha Worldwa nke Abụọ, na-edebanye aha ụbọchị mgbe mwakpo ahụ na Pearl Harbor gasịrị. E merụrụ ya ahụ́ na 1942 n'oge a na-awakpo Solomon Islands
E zigara ya n'ụlọ ọgwụ dị na San Francisco ka ọ gbakee. Dị ka akụkọ e bipụtara n'akwụkwọ akụkọ dị iche iche na United States si kwuo, ndị agha Japan asatọ wakporo Combs; o ji égbè ya gbagbuo asaa n'ime ha, mgbe égbè ahụ nọkwa na-agbachi, o gburu onye agha Japan nke asatọ ma "jiri okpiri gbupụ ya olu". Combs natara ihe nrite onye isi ala na Purple Heart maka ọrụ ya. Mgbe Combs gbakechara n'ọnyá ya, ọ laghachiri ịlụ ọgụ na Pacific. E gburu ya n'oge mwakpo nke Iwo Jima na February 19, 1945. N'afọ 1986, a họpụtara Combs ka ọ banye na Mahadum Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor.