From the January 18, 2017, MidWeek "Looking Back."
1942, 75 Years Ago.
"Carole Lombard is killed in a plane tragedy."
Carole Lombard, the wife of Clark Gable, had gone back to her home state of Indiana after the U.S. entered the war and had raised over $2 million in war bonds in a single evening. She was anxious to get back to Los Angeles and took a plane instead of the train she was scheduled to return on.
The plane stopped in Las Vegas to refuel, but crashed into Potosi Mountain, killing all aboard.
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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