Jack Arnold was drafted in the Korean War in 1950, and he passed his physicals but mentioned "it was a real pain in the rear", during a battle, he caught some shrapnel in his leg, but he didn't think the limp, but he still considered himself lucky, because lot of the other soldiers, never made it out alive, the experience was haunting to him, and he thought about it from time from time, though nothing was the same for him, after going through that, but he did manage save the life of his marine corps buddy Ted Baker who promised he would do anything for him. He later married, Norma Arnold in August, 1949, to the dismay of her parents, and he went to Ocean City with her In their honeymoon, In college, she was boyfriends with Vic Claybourne, who was also the best friends of Jack Arnold at the time, and during a school dance, they had a fight over who should dance with Norma, but Jack eventually won her over, and Vic who was heartbroken never talked to him since, but Jack later mentioned "it was worth it.
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He would later call back because he got the wrong tie and they fell in love, during that time she told Jack, about hating living In her house, and she wants more than the small town she grew in, had to offer, Jane and Karl Gustavson, who were her parents, disapproved of Jack, and didn't want her to marry him. In Summer of 1948, he met his future wife Norma Arnold when he was getting a tie in a Macy's when he was 20 years old. Jack Arnold was born Novemto his father Albert Arnold and his (unnamed mother).Īs a child, he always dreamed to be a captain of a boat, during the great depression, Jack had to walk himself thirty miles while there were blizzard.ĭuring his teenage years, he had a difficult relationship with his father, Albert Arnold, and they always used they argue a lot, during his high school years, he had an interest with state basketball playoff's until his favorite player lost, when his opponents double teamed him.
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Male John "Jack" Arnold is the son of Albert Arnold, the husband of Norma Arnold, and the father of Karen Arnold, Wayne Arnold and Kevin Arnold.