However, Toomey's widow relates a story of how Toomey and Leonard had served together in the U.S. Navy, being stationed at a listening post in the Pacific, monitoring longwave radio transmissions.
Međutim, njegova udovica ispriča Hurleyju priču o tome kako su Toomey i Leonard zajedno služili u Američkoj mornarici te da su bili stacionirani na Pacifiku gdje su nadgledali radio valove i prijenose.