George Gobel, WWII, US Army Air Corps (1940s)

George Gobel, WWII, US Army Air Corps (1940s)

George Gobel (1940s)

You know him as a comedian and comedic actor who rose to fame in the 1950s with his television variety show and his character "Lonesome George". After graduating high school in Chicago, Gobel was working as a DJ in St Louis when WWII came calling. George served in the United States Army Air Forces as a flight instructor in AT-9 aircraft at Altus, Oklahoma…

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