HEROES: Glory's Price

In England, Soldier Clark Gable found the anonymity he wanted. He rode in Flying Fortresses on raids over Europe, helped shoot an Air Force training film and manned a gun when Nazi fighters got in range.

Last week Captain Gable returned to the U.S. with 50,000 ft. of film, campaign ribbons, and the Air Medal (for five combat missions). But his anonymity was gone. When the War Department arranged a press conference, stenographers lined Pentagon Building corridors six deep to watch him walk by. They chattered and oh-ah'd: "He's marvelous . . . isn't he smooth? . . ."

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