Editing Gene Autry (section)

=== Military career ===
During World War II, Autry enlisted in the [[United States Army]] in 1942, and became a [[technical sergeant|tech sergeant]] in the United States Army Air Corps. Holding a private [[pilot licensing and certification|pilot certificate]], he was determined to become a military pilot and earned his [[Auxiliary Pilot Badge|Service Pilot]] rating in June 1944, serving as a [[Consolidated B-24 Liberator#C-109 version|C-109]] transport pilot with the rank of [[flight officer]]. Assigned to a unit of the [[Air Transport Command (United States Air Force)|Air Transport Command]], he flew as part of the dangerous airlift operation over the [[Himalayas]] between India and China, nicknamed [[the Hump]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.geneautry.com/geneautry/geneautry_flightofficer.html|title=GeneAutry.com: Gene Autry: Flight Officer Gene Autry|website=Geneautry.com|access-date=June 20, 2020|archive-date=August 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801001257/https://www.geneautry.com/geneautry/geneautry_flightofficer.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=AOPA Pilot|date=May 2014|page=79|title=A Plane-Crazy America}}</ref>