ORIGINAL CANDID CLARK GABLE PHOTO 1943 WWII FORT BIGGS
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ORIGINAL CANDID CLARK GABLE PHOTO January 1943, FORT BIGGS ARMY AIR FIELD, (Fort Bliss, El Paso Texas) This was taken on the first day of Gable's arrival at Fort Biggs. He was nice enough to pose with any of the guys with cameras that day, but orders were posted NOT to bother him the next day.... so I was told by "ED", the WWII vet that I bought this from about 8 years ago. Ed passed away in 2007. Many pictures I am selling over the next few weeks came from his photo albums. About 4.5" x 3" GABLE & WWII: In 1942, following Lombard's death, Gable joined the U.S. Army Air Forces . Lombard had suggested that Gable enlist as part of the war effort, but MGM was reluctant to let him go, and he resisted the suggestion. Gable made a public statement after Lombard's death that prompted the Commanding General of the U.S. Army Air Forces Henry H. "Hap" Arnold to offer Gable a "special assignment" in aerial gunnery. Gable had earlier expressed an interest in officer candidate school (OCS), but he enlisted on August 12, 1942, with the intention of becoming an enlisted aerial gunner on a bomber . MGM arranged for his studio friend, the cinematographer Andrew McIntyre, to enlist with him and accompany him through training. [30 ]However, shortly after his enlistment, he and McIntyre were sent to Miami Beach, Florida , where they entered USAAF
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