 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1943, Draper akaiswa muU.S. Army uye nokudaro akaponeswa kubva pakufungazve pamusoro pechiKomonisiti cheAmerica, kweanenge makore matatu anotevera. Draper akaiswa kuti ashande muChikamu cheNhoroondo che84th Infantry Division, pakupedzisira achinyora nhoroondo yepamutemo yeDivision yemabasa ayo panguva yeHondo yeArdennesmuHondo Yenyika II. Muna 1944 Draper akaonawo kubudiswa kwekupedzisira kwebhuku pamusoro pezvinhu zveFrance, apo muparidzi mukuru The Viking Press akabudisa bhuku rakanyorwa naDraper rainzi The Six Weeks War. Kuchinja kwaDraper kubva kuva mutori wenhau wezvematongerwe enyika kuenda kuva wezvenhau kwakanga kwatanga. 