Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - A1933 akapedza kudzidza paBMC Durfee High School, Zais akapinda paUniversity of New Hampshire uye akapedza neBachelor of Arts muPolitical Science. Mugore rake rekutanga, akadzidza paLouisiana State University semutori wenhau mukuru asati aendeswa kuUNH. Muna 1937 akagadzwa kuva lieutenant wechipiri muUnited States Army Reserve. Muna 1940 akanga ari nhengo yepakutanga Parachute battalion gare gare 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment. Mukati meHondo Yenyika II, Zais akanga ari mutungamiri we3rd Battalion uye, gare gare, mukuru mukuru we517th Parachute Infantry Regiment, achirwa muItaly, kumaodzanyemba kweFrance
, uye muHondo yeBulge.