During World War II, he joined the U.S. Army Air Corps. He served as navigator on a B-24 Liberator. His plane was shot down over Germany, and he was one of only four survivors out of a crew of 10. After six months in a POW camp, he was liberated by forces under Gen. George Patton. In 1957, he wrote a play titled "Money in the Bank", which aired on television's Matinee playhouse. In 1958, his first book, "Legacy of a Spy", was published. It was made into a movie, "The Double Man" (1967) starring Yul Brynner and Britt Ekland.
