He was startled to discover he was attracted to both men and women equally, and in his memoir he observed, "I finally came to the conclusion that for me, everything I had done that night was as natural and as good as it felt ...
После обучения в корпусе морской пехоты он вместе с новобранцами был переправлен в Гонолулу, но во время плавания у Грейнджера началась хроническая морская болезнь, из-за чего по прибытии он был госпитализирован.