 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Akaberekerwa muLorain, Ohio, King akashanda muHondo yeSpain neAmerica achiri kuenda kuUnited States Naval Academy. Akagamuchira rairo yake yokutanga muna 1914, achitungamirira muparadzi mukubatwa kweVeracruz. MuHondo Yenyika I, akashanda mudare reVice Admiral Henry T. Mayo, mutungamiriri weUnited States Atlantic Fleet. Pashure pehondo, Mambo akashanda somukuru weNaval Postgraduate School, akatungamirira boka revasungwa, uye akashanda somukuru weBureau of Aeronautics. Pashure penguva iri paGeneral Board yeNavy, Mambo akava mutungamiriri weAtlantic Fleet muna February 1941. 