Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na 1 Machị 1940, ọ gara Fort Mifflin maka ọrụ nke were ihe karịrị otu afọ. Ọ laghachiri na isi na Quantico nwa oge na June 1941 tupu ọ gaa n'oké osimiri na njem na njedebe nke izu mbụ na July maka ọrụ otu ọnwa. N'ịbụ onye e buliri n'ọkwa onye isi n'oge njem ahụ, Weiss laghachiri n'ikpere mmiri na Portsmouth, Virginia, n'August 14, 1941, ma si ebe ahụ gaa ọrụ na New River, North Carolina, na Septemba. A buliri Weiss n'ọkwa nke Sgt na Machị 1942, ma site n'oge okpomọkụ na-esote, e kenyere ya ọrụ n'ụlọ ihe nkiri Pacific iji kwadebe maka
Ọrụ Solomon Islands.