Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: A 1912 akapedza kudzidza kuUnited States Military Academy, Gorrell akashanda makore maviri achisungirwa muuto rehondo asati azvipira kuti apiwe basa kuAviation Section, Signal Corps, kwaakava mutyairi wendege muchiuto muna 1915. Basa rake rokubhururuka bedzi rakanga riri ne1st Aero Squadron, boka rokutanga rezvikepe zvemauto, iro raakaperekedza kuMexico sorutivi rwe
Rwendo Rwokuranga. Zvikanganiso muzvikepe zvemauto zveAmerica zvakafumurwa mukati mekurwisa zvakatungamirira kugoverwa kwaGorrell kuMIT, kwaakawana dhigirii repamusoro muinjiniya wezvokufamba nendege. Unyanzvi hwake hwokugadzira zvinhu hwakaita kuti apinde muBolling Mission mumwedzi yokutanga yeUnited States kupinda muHondo Yenyika I, yakateverwa nemabasa ehurumende neAmerican Expeditionary Force. Akasimuka nokukurumidza muchikamu semutyairi wendege munguva yehondo kubva kumutevedzeri wokutanga kusvika kumukuru wemauto pakati paJuly 1916 naOctober 1918.