Early Life
Darrell Cole was born July 20, 1920 in Flat River (now part of Park Hills), Missouri. He attended high school in Esther, Missouri (now also part of Park Hills) graduating in 1938. Before graduating his main interests were sports, particularly basketball, hunting and photography. He also learned to play the french horn which later led to him being assigned as a bugler.
After graduating from high school, he joined the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), where he became an assistant forestry clerk and assistant educational advisor for his company. He left after one year and he went to Detroit, Michigan where he worked at a company that made engine gaskets.
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