Clark Gable is just a two-bar Joe doing a job By Andrew A. Rooney, Stars and Stripes staff writer June 7, 1943 Herewith a report on Capt. Clark Gable: Last summer he quieted a rumor that he was going to accept a direct commission as a major by enlisting as a private in Los Angeles. On Oct. 28, after completing the air corps OCS at Miami. Fla., he was commissioned second lieutenant. He served at Tyndall Field, Fla., for a while, and later was shipped to a mid-West field. He came to England about seven weeks ago, has been on one raid, (Antwerp, May 4) and his job here is to make a training film for aerial gunners. He is 42 years old, six feet one inch tall, his hair is grey. He seems like an OK guy. With the possible exception of the German Army, no one is having a tougher time trying to fight this war than Capt. Clark Gable. They Want to Know A few hundred thousand relatives of privates in the infantry who have been fighting in North Africa want to know why Clark Gable isn't a...