Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An raba shi a watan Fabrairun 1932 kuma ya yi aiki tare da rukunin Sojojin Ruwa a cikin jirgin ruwa mai haske USS "Memphis" da kuma jirgin ruwa mai suna USS "Fulton" a cikin West Indies da Panama Canal Zone. A lokacin da yake aiki a Canal Zone, Luckey ya sadu da Carey Walker, 'yar Brigadier Janar Meriwether L. Walker, Gwamna na Canal Zone na Panama
kuma sun yi aure 'yan watanni bayan haka.