Features Clark Gable and His WW2 Death Wish. When Clark Gable flew into World War II combat, he was 42, the King of Hollywood, and, according to his superiors, hoping to die in a plane crash.

On May 8, 2025, Europe will mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. Several movie stars also contributed in different roles to ending the horrors of war.

A donation of historical photos shows Clark Gable, the King of Hollywood, training as a turret gunner in 1943 in Spokane. Millions of people around the world know and love Gable from his iconic ...

Clark Gable died at Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital Wednesday at 11 p.m. News. ... A few months after the United States entered World War II, Gable enlisted in the Army as a private at the age of 41.

During World War II, Gable flew in five bomber missions in Europe and ended the war with the rank of major. Aug. 12, 1942: Col. Malcolm P. Andruss and Clark Gable. This photo appeared on Page 1 of ...

Movie star Clark Gable, right, is seen interviewing an injured B-17 pilot in 1943 in the film “Combat America”, a recruitment film he made in Europe during World War II. Gable flew five ...

From actors to singers, and even writers, these influential individuals are best known for their careers before and after WWII. However, these men and women also worked for the Allies during this ...

Pearl Harbor Turns 80: Carole Lombard Was Hollywood’s First World War II Casualty. The starlet and wife of Clark Gable perished along with 21 others after a flight on her war bond tour crashed ...

They were the Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie (minus kids) of Hollywood’s Golden Era — but the legendary romance of superstars Clark Gable and Carole Lombard ended abruptly when she was killed in ...

Features Clark Gable and His WW2 Death Wish. When Clark Gable flew into World War II combat, he was 42, the King of Hollywood, and, according to his superiors, hoping to die in a plane crash.