Comments on: Twelve O’Clock High http://libertyladybook.com/2009/03/20/twelve-oclock-high/ a B-17 bomber crew, the OSS, and a wartime love story Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:02:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rowdy http://libertyladybook.com/2009/03/20/twelve-oclock-high/comment-page-1/#comment-1224 Rowdy Sat, 23 May 2009 03:19:07 +0000 http://libertyladybook.com/?p=1196#comment-1224 I had one of the middle of the night wake-ups a few nights ago and turned on an old film channel. It was the end of a 1948 film I hadn't seen for years and didn't recall very well, called "Command Decision." One of the stars was Clark Gable and the subject was the difficulty encountered by the AAF commanders when selecting their targets and evaluating their losses...the toll it took on them. It is filmed in the same manner as 12 O'clock High, same costuming, etc. Gable, although quite a bit older than the average airman in the Eighth, qualified as an aerial gunner and flew with the 351st on a few missions. His role in the film is very believable, probably helped by his experience with the 351st. Anyway, I've ordered a DVD and would consider it a good companion to 12 O'clock High. I had one of the middle of the night wake-ups a few nights ago and turned on an old film channel. It was the end of a 1948 film I hadn’t seen for years and didn’t recall very well, called “Command Decision.”

One of the stars was Clark Gable and the subject was the difficulty encountered by the AAF commanders when selecting their targets and evaluating their losses…the toll it took on them. It is filmed in the same manner as 12 O’clock High, same costuming, etc. Gable, although quite a bit older than the average airman in the Eighth, qualified as an aerial gunner and flew with the 351st on a few missions.

His role in the film is very believable, probably helped by his experience with the 351st. Anyway, I’ve ordered a DVD and would consider it a good companion to 12 O’clock High.

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