 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Vraciu akaberekerwa muEast Chicago, Indiana, nevabereki vokuRomania vakanga vatamira kune imwe nyika. Akapedza kudzidza paDePauw University muGreencastle, Indiana, uye akatanga basa rake remauto muna 1941, paakanyoresa muU.S. Navy. Munguva yebasa rake rechiuto muHondo Yenyika II, Vraciu akabhururuka Grumman F6F Hellcats muPacific, achipedza mwedzi mishanu semunhu anofamba nemhepo kumudzidzisi wake, Edward Butch OHare, mukuru wehondo wehondo yehondo. Kubudirira kukuru kwaVraciu kwakaitika musi waJune 19, 1944, panguva yakazozivikanwa se Great Marianas Turkey Shoot, paakarwa neuto reJapan rekurwisa muhondo yemhepo nemhepo, achidonhedza ndege nhanhatu dzeJapan mumaminetsi masere achishandisa pfuti mazana matatu nemakumi matatu chete. Muna December 1944 Vraciu akabhururuka neparachute kubva mundege yake yakadonhedzwa panguva yebasa pamusoro pePhilippines uye akapedza mavhiki mashanu nePhilippine kurwisavarwi vasati vabatanazve nemauto eAmerica ndokudzokera ku. Vraciu akapedza mwedzi mishomanene yokupedzisira yehondo achibatira paNaval Air Test Center muPatuxent, Maryland. 