Ka cika wannan magana: Kirn ta sauke karatu daga Makarantar Sojojin Ruwa ta Amirka a shekara ta 1932 kuma ta zama matukin jirgin sama. A lokacin yakin duniya na biyu ya yi aiki a cikin
Yaƙin Solomon Islands, gami da Yaƙin Edson's Ridge, a lokacin da aka ba shi Gicciye na Navy da Gicciye mai Fitowa. Daga baya a cikin aikinsa an ba shi lambar yabo ta Navy Distinguished Service Medal don hidimarsa a matsayin United States Naval Attaché da United States Naval Attaché for Air a Ofishin Jakadancin Amurka, London.