LaBorde's Early Years
LaBorde was born to Enos LaBorde, Sr. (1886–1962), and the former Lily Bordelon (1891–1955) in Bordelonville in Avoyelles Parish. He graduated at an early age from Bordelon High School. As a young man, he worked as a radio operator on a ship. Amid the isolation of the sea, he developed his interest in serious reading. Largely self-educated, LaBorde read encyclopedias and serious works of nonfiction to keep himself occupied and to improve his employment prospects. Later, while living in New Orleans, he did a newscast in French for radio station WWL. He also wrote a training manual on radio language for pilots, which was used by the military during World War II. The manual was called "Roger, Wilco."
LaBorde was a lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Corps during the war, and he moved Blanche and the youngsters wherever he was stationed: San Antonio, Texas, Arkansas City, Kansas, and Abilene in Taylor County, Texas.
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