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He married Blanche Bordelon, also of Bordelonville, and they started a family. Later, while living in [[New Orleans]], LaBorde did a newscast in [[French language|French]] for radio station WWL (AM). He also wrote a training manual on radio language for pilots, which was used by the military during [[World War II]]. The manual was called ''Roger, Wilco.''<ref name=bio/>
He married Blanche Bordelon, also of Bordelonville, and they started a family. Later, while living in [[New Orleans]], LaBorde did a newscast in [[French language|French]] for radio station WWL (AM). He also wrote a training manual on radio language for pilots, which was used by the military during [[World War II]]. The manual was called ''Roger, Wilco.''<ref name=bio/>
During World War II, LaBorde served as a lieutenant in the [[U.S. Army]] Air Corps. Married and with two children, he was assigned to various posts in the United States. Blanche and their two children (a daughter and son) accompanied him to his stations: [[San Antonio]], Arkansas City, [[Kansas]], and [[Abilene]] in Taylor County]], Texas. A second son, their third child, was born after the war, when they had returned to Louisiana and settled in Alexandria.<ref name=bio/>
During World War II, LaBorde served as a lieutenant in the [[U.S. Army]] Air Corps. Married and with two children, he was assigned to various posts in the United States. Blanche and their two children (a daughter and son) accompanied him to his stations: [[San Antonio]], Arkansas City, [[Kansas]], and [[Abilene]] in Taylor County, Texas. A second son, their third child, was born after the war, when they had returned to Louisiana and settled in Alexandria.<ref name=bio/>
==Journalism career: ''The Alexandria Daily Town Talk''==
==Journalism career: ''The Alexandria Daily Town Talk''==