Editing Gordon MacRae (section)

==Early life==
Gordon MacRae was born in [[East Orange, New Jersey]],<ref name="Larkin50"/> to parents William LaMont MacRae, a toolmaker and radio singer, and Helen Violet Sonn, a concert pianist.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Flint |first1=Peter B. |title=Gordon MacRae Dies: Star of Movie Musicals |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/01/25/obituaries/gordon-macrae-dies-star-of-movie-musicals.html |access-date=2 February 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=January 25, 1986}}</ref> His father was descended from [[Clan MacRae]]. MacRae attended [[Nottingham High School (Syracuse, New York)|Nottingham High School]] in Syracuse, New York, where he was active in the Drama Club.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Hollywood Salon |url=https://archive.nebraskacoast.com/famous-hollywood-nebraskans/gordon-macrae/ |website=The Nebraska Coast Connection |date=December 29, 2013 |access-date=2 February 2024}}</ref> He later attended and graduated in 1940 from [[Deerfield Academy]] in Deerfield, Massachusetts, and thereafter served as a navigator in [[IX Troop Carrier Command]] in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.