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World War II Honoree

Civilian on the Home Front

Carole Lombard Gable

Hometown

Fort Wayne, Indiana

Honored By

Naomi Hopperstad

Relationship

Admirer

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

ON JANUARY 16, 1942, 'BECAME AN INDIRECT CASUALTY' OF WWII WHEN THE SMALL, DC-3 COMMUTER PLANE CARRYING HER BACK TO LOS ANGELES FROM HER HOME STATE OF INDIANA, WHERE SHE HAD HEADLINED A WAR BOND RALLY, CRASHED INTO A MOUNTAIN IN NEVADA. ALL ON BOARD WERE KILLED. SHE WAS 33.