Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Akadzidza paSt. Paul's School, muNew Hampshire, uye akapinda Yale University, kwaakanga ari nhengo yesangano reScroll and Key, uye paakanga ava kupedza kudzidza akapihwa mubayiro weAlpheus Henry Snow Prize. Apedza kudzidza muna 1942, akabatana ne22nd Marine Regiment uye akarwa muPacific War; akapinda muhondo yeEniwetok
, uye muHondo yeGuam somutungamiriri weboka, achirasikirwa neziso rake roruboshwe mukurwiswa negranade. Akava lieutenant wokutanga uye akapiwa menduru yeBronze Star. Akagoverana zvakaitika kwaari muhondo, achinyorera "The Atlantic Monthly".