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mahatmakanejeeves

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14. FDR writes Clark Gable and Carole Lombard, after Pearl Harbor, to thank them for and decline ...

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Sun Oct 18, 2020, 04:50 PM

Oct 2020

FDR writes Clark Gable and Carole Lombard, after Pearl Harbor, to thank them for and decline their offer to serve in World War II—she died in air crash a month later and the disconsolate Gable signed up to fly combat missions out of England:

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FDR writes Clark Gable and Carole Lombard, after Pearl Harbor, to thank them for and decline ... mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2020 #14