![]() He was transferred to the Quartermaster Corps and served as secretary to the General Staff in England and after the Normandy invasion served in France and Belgium. He later received an officer's commission and was posted to England where he served briefly in a hospital unit. Shaw enlisted in the United States Army at the start of World War II and was assigned to the Medical Corps as a private. He later left Western Union to pursue a career in public relations, eventually accepting a position with the Keedick Lecture Bureau. While in New York, Shaw, who wanted to pursue a career as a writer, attended Columbia University. In 1935, Western Union transferred him to New York City where he became a district manager. Īfter graduating high school in 1928, Shaw was hired by Western Union as manager of a local office in New Orleans. When Shaw was five, his family moved to New Orleans, where he eventually attended Warren Easton High School. His grandfather had been the sheriff of Tangipahoa Parish. ![]() Shaw, a native of Kentwood, Louisiana, was the son of Glaris Lenora Shaw, a United States Marshal, and Alice Shaw. ![]() Shaw in 1951, on his Brazilian immigration card ![]()
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