Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ya koma tare da iyalinsa daga gidansu a Chicago zuwa kudancin California. Binder ya sauke karatu daga Calexico High School a 1933. Ya shiga cikin Sojojin Ruwa na Amurka a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II a 1941, kuma ya yi aiki a lokacin a tsibirin Solomon
Ka yi haƙuri. An sallame shi da girmamawa a matsayin kyaftin a cikin Sojojin Ruwa a 1945, amma ya kasance a cikin Amurka Marine Corps Reserve har zuwa 1951, lokacin da ya yi ritaya tare da mukamin Manjo.