He began working for the civil affairs department in the machine shop at the naval air station on February 1941. He stayed there until the outbreak of the war the following December. Japanese occupation of the island put things on hold for him until 1944 when he was again hired by the civil affairs department to work at the Anigua refugee camp. Currently Guams senior judge on the bench. his affiliation with the islands court system can be traced back to February 1945 when he was hired as a clerk typist for the island court. He was promoted to senior clerk in 1948 and. later that year. he was appointed as deputy clerk of the island court by Governor C.A.