Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ya bar makaranta kafin ya kammala karatu don shiga Rundunar Sojojin Ruwa ta Amurka a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II, ya shiga cikin rana bayan harin da aka kai wa Pearl Harbor. An ji masa rauni a shekarar 1942 a lokacin mamayewa na Solomon Islands
kuma an tura shi zuwa wani asibiti a San Francisco don samun lafiya. A cewar wani asusun da aka buga a jaridu a duk faɗin Amurka, sojojin Japan takwas sun kai wa Combs hari; ya kashe bakwai daga cikinsu da bindigarsa kuma, lokacin da bindigar ta kama, ya kwance sojan Japan na takwas kuma ya "sassare makogwaronsa" da bindiga. Combs ya sami lambar yabo ta shugaban kasa da kuma Purple Heart don hidimarsa. Bayan da ya dawo daga raunukansa, Combs ya koma aiki a cikin Pacific. An kashe shi a lokacin mamayewar Iwo Jima a ranar 19 ga Fabrairu, 1945. A cikin 1986, an shigar da Combs a cikin Jami'ar Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor.