Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin da yake da shekara 17, Tapia ta yi aure. A wannan shekarar, ya yi faɗa a kan titi kuma lauyan gundumar ya ce ya bar garin don kada a tuhume shi. Domin ya warware batun a hanya mai kyau, ya bar Mobile ya yi aiki a matsayin farar hula a sansanin soja a Alaska. Tapia ya ji rauni lokacin da Jafananci suka kai hari Dutch Harbor
a watan Yunin 1942.