Don Herbert

==Early life==

==Early life==

Born '''Donald Herbert Kemske''' in [[Waconia, Minnesota]], Herbert was a [[general science]] and [[English studies|English]] major at the [[University of Wisconsin–La Crosse]] (then called La Crosse State Teachers College) who was interested in drama, graduating in 1940. His career as an actor was interrupted by [[World War II]] when he enlisted in the [[United States Army]] as a [[private (rank)|Private]]. Herbert later joined the [[United States Army Air Forces]], took pilot training, and became a [[B-24 Liberator|B-24]] bomber pilot who flew 56 combat missions from Italy with the 767th Bomb Squadron, 461st Bomb Group of the [[Fifteenth Air Force]]. When Herbert was discharged in 1945 he was a [[Captain (U.S. Air Force)|Captain]] and had earned the [[Distinguished Flying Cross (USA)|Distinguished Flying Cross]] and the [[Air Medal]] with three [[oak leaf cluster]]s.

Born '''Donald Herbert Kemske''' in [[Waconia, Minnesota]], Herbert was a [[general science]] and [[English studies|English]] major at the [[University of Wisconsin–La Crosse]] (then called La Crosse State Teachers College) who was interested in drama, graduating in 1940. His career as an actor was interrupted by [[World War II]] when he enlisted in the [[United States Army]] as a [[private (rank)|private]]. Herbert later joined the [[United States Army Air Forces]], took pilot training, and became a [[B-24 Liberator|B-24]] bomber pilot who flew 56 combat missions from Italy with the 767th Bomb Squadron, 461st Bomb Group of the [[Fifteenth Air Force]]. When Herbert was discharged in 1945 he was a [[Captain (U.S. Air Force)|Captain]] and had earned the [[Distinguished Flying Cross (USA)|Distinguished Flying Cross]] and the [[Air Medal]] with three [[oak leaf cluster]]s.

==''Watch Mr. Wizard''==

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