Military Service
In 1963 when 17 years old, Trudell dropped out of high school and left the Midwest by joining the US Navy. He served during the early years of the Vietnam War and stayed in the Navy until 1967.
Afterward, he attended San Bernardino Valley College a two-year Community College in San Bernardino, California studying radio and broadcasting. He decided to work through political activism.
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