Famous faces of WWII
CLARK GABLE
The ‘King of Hollywood’ volunteered for the US Army Air Forces at the age of 40 and flew combat missions as a tail gunner. Clark Gable’s service saw him gain an unexpected fan, Adolf Hitler, who ofered substantial reward for anyone who captured the movie star alive. But a near miss during a raid on Germany concerned movie studio so much that they asked Gable to be reassigned to noncombat duty. He resigned a major.