 On 4 July 1944 he was parachuted into occupied Belgium, in the south of the country.He participated in the liberation of Luxembourg, and then joined the Luxembourgish army as a Lieutenant.In 1946, the Resistance member Norbert Gomand was taken to court by the government for libel, as in his newspaper "L'Indépendant" he had accused the government-in-exile of treason and gross negligence for failing to do more to help Luxembourgers under occupation.