He met his future wife, Carol Kramer, during his first year at the college and the two were married in an ecumenical service at the Antioch chapel on July 31, 1948. Rod enrolled in Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio under the G.I. He was a noted boxer during his military days. Serling was rather short (5'4") and slight. During his service in World War II, he watched as his best friend was crushed to death by a heavy supply crate dropped by a parachute onto the field. Due to his wartime experiences, Serling suffered from nightmares and flashbacks. Serling's military service deeply affected the rest of his life and influenced much of his writing. He was seriously wounded in the wrist and knee during combat in the province of Leyte in the Philippines and was awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Star. Army paratrooper and demolition specialist with the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 11th Airborne Division in the Pacific Theater in World War II from January 1943 to January 1945. He attempted to major involved in physical education or sports in some way, but after winning an award for something he wrote-he switched primarily to creative writing. He attempted to join the football team, but being a mere 5'4", he wasn't picked. Regarding this, he remarked in a 1972 interview, "it was the first time in my life that I became aware of religious difference." He excelled athletically in sports such as tennis and ping-pong. Unfortunately, this would also be a time when Serling would have his initial experience with anti-Semitism, when he was refused enrollment in the Theta Sigma fraternity. During these years, Rod began to express his interest in writing and he eventually became editor of the high school newspaper. Rod Serling attended high school at Binghamton Central High School. This would later prove prophetic in his future. He would even act them out in front of everybody, like a performer. He expressed a great fondness for anthology short stories and comic books, movies of fantasy and science-fiction. Rod and his brother, Robert, attended Sunday School at the local Jewish community center under the leadership of The Friedlanders, both philosophical humanists. Though brought up in a Jewish family, Serling's family infrequently attended synagogue except during High Holy days and Rod viewed Judaism more as an ethnic foundation rather than an overtly religious one. This would later inspire the name " Cayuga Productions" for use on The Twilight Zone productions. Serling was raised in Binghamton, NY, but his family also had a summer home on Cayuga Lake, in New York's Finger Lakes region. Serling, (also a writer) became a novelist. Serling was born in Syracuse, New York, the second of two sons of Esther Serling (née Cooper) and Samuel Lawrence Serling.
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