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STANDARD FORM No. 14A
APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT
MARCH 10, 1926
dictated by
FROM
The White House
me Early
Washington
TELEGRAM
OFFICIAL BUSINESS-GOVERNMENT RATES
JANUARY 18 1942
GPO P F
CLARK GABLE #
7874
HOLLYWOOD CALIF.
MRS. ROOSEVELT AND I ARE DEEPLY DISTRESSED. CAROLE WAS OUR
xpp755
APP7210
FRIEND -- OUR GUEST IN HAPPIER DAYS. SHE BROUGHT GREAT JOY TO
ALL WHO KNEW HER AND TO THE MILLIONS WHO KNEW HER ONLY AS A GREAT
ARTIST. SHE GAVE UNSELFISHLY OF HER TIME AND TALENTS TO SERVE HER
GOVERNMENT IN PEACE AND IN WAR. SHE LOVED HER COUNTRY. SHE IS AND
ALWAYS WILL BE A STAR ONE WE SHALL NEVER FORGET NOR CEASE TO BE
GRATEFUL TO. DEEPEST SMYPATHY.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT.
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Original Exhibition Caption: Film stars Carole Lombard and her husband, Clark Gable, were friends of the Roosevelts. Three days after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor they sent a letter to FDR offering to help in any way. The couple soon began organizing war bond rallies and military camp shows. But just weeks later, on January 16, Lombard died tragically in an airplane crash while returning from a war bond tour. The Roosevelts sent this telegram to Gable expressing their distress. Gable later enlisted in the Army Air Corps and served in Europe.
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