 His success in the Olympics was such that upon graduation he took up work as a business envoy for a number of Dutch firms doing business in America.Eventually this business sent him to Java in Indonesia, which is where he found himself at the start of World War II.As the islands became a more important strategic theater for World War II operations, Cuhel was hired by Mutual Broadcasting Systems to serve as a war correspondent, issuing radio reports of any action or newsworthy items.