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Walter Gordon grew up solidly middle class in Jackson, Mississippi and had completed two years at Millsaps College before Pearl Harbor. When he tried to enlist, Gordon discovered he was colorblind and was turned away by the Marines and the Navy.
He enlisted in the Army in Philadelphia and was able to finesse his way through their colorblindness test. He volunteered for the Airborne because he wanted to do something meaningful and reported for basic training at Camp Toccoa.