Clark Gable's Uniform Coat and Cap
date: label: associated date
content: 1941 - 1945
label: enlistment date
content: 1942-08-12
name: label: user
content: Gable, Clark
label: maker
content: E. Abington & Sons
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Dark olive-drab cap with gold-colored cord piping. Light olive-drab officer's coat, single-breasted with four buttons, belted. Captain's insignia on shoulders; United States and air corps insignia sewn on collar and lapel. Insignia of Eighth Air Force on left arm. The coat's label is marked in black ink, "E. ABINGTON & SONS/RUSHDEN & KIMBOLT/Capt. Clark Gable."
label: Description
content: Specific History
label: Description
content: The coat and cap were worn by actor Clark Gable.
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: Clark Gable enlisted in California on August 12, 1942. He told the news media: "There is a war to win, and I consider it my right to fight." On October 27, 1942, Gable was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Army Air Forces. He was issued serial number 056-5390 and transferred to Tyndall Field in Florida.
place: label: place where Gable enlisted.
content: United States: California
topic: label: Subject
content: Entertainment, Film
label: related event
content: World War II
label: related event
content: The Great Depression and World War II
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: ThinkFinity
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Family of William R. McGee
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.79691M
label: catalog number
content: 79691M
label: accession number
content: 321728
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coat
label: Other Terms
content: coat; Man; Army; Officer; Service
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 34 in x 19 in; 86.36 cm x 48.26 cm