Gene Roddenberry was originally from El Paso, Texas and moved to Los Angeles in 1923. He attended LACC to study political science, but developed an interest in aeronautical engineering. He enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps in 1941 and graduated in 1942, and was then commissioned as a second lieutenant. After being involved in a runway crash that killed two men, Roddenberry transitioned to a position as a plane crash investigator. After the military, Roddenberry flew for Pan American World Airways. After another crash that left him with two broken ribs, he resigned from Pan Am and pursued his dream of writing for television. Roddenberry wrote for several shows before creating Star Trek. The original series ran from 1966-1969.