In 1930, during conscription in the French Army at Le Bourget near Paris, he remembered, "And I had quite a hard time of it, too, because I was toting Joyce under my arm and a Lebel rifle on my shoulder."
Godine 1930., tijekom novačenja u francusku vojsku na Le Bourget blizu Pariza, prisjetio se: "Bilo mi je teško, također, zato što sam nosio Joycea pod rukom i pušku Lebel na ramenu.".