Wallace, George Corley, Jr., SSgt

He enlisted Oct 20, 1942 not long after getting a law degree. He had worked his way through law school by boxing, doing food service jobs, and driving a cab. In the USAAF, he entered pilot cadet training but washed out. It turns out he had gotten spinal meningitis in basic training and this prevented him from becoming a pilot. He trained as an aircraft mechanic and flight engineer and then flew B-29 combat missions in the Pacific. While doing so he served under Gen. Curtis E. LeMay who later in life would become his political running mate. Due to his health problems he was given a medical discharge in 1945.

Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wallace
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=3570
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/daily/sept98/wallace.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/14/us/george-wallace-segregation-symbol-dies-at-79.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm
http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-1676
http://www.archives.state.al.us/govs_list/g_wallac.html