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Brooklyn Today
Greetings, Brooklyn. Today is the 279th day of the year.
On this day in 1943, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle front page reported that actor Clark Gable was awarded the Air Medal “for exceptionally meritorious achievement while participating in five separate combat bomber missions over occupied continental Europe.” Captain Gable’s citation said that the “courage, coolness and skill displayed by Gable on these occasions reflect great credit upon him.” Even though Gable was fighting on Allied forces, he somehow captured the admiration of Adolf Hitler, who liked him above other American actors, and who even offered a reward to anyone who could bring the star back to Germany unharmed.
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