Right after graduation, ML enlisted and was assigned to the 27th Bombardment Group of the Army Air Corps. The group arrived in Manila two weeks before Dec.7, 1941.

• 曼梯·里一毕业就入了伍，被分派到陆军航空兵第27轰炸队，这个轰炸队在1941年12月7日前两周到达马尼拉。