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During a White House ceremony Monday to award the Medal of Freedom to wrestling legend Dan Gable, ​President Trump jokingly challenged the Olympic gold medalist to a match, asking, “Think I could take you?” Trump awarded Gable the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest honor, for his wrestling accomplishments.. The president noted the hall of fame grappler’s remarkable record of 64 wins in high school, 117​-1 record ​at Iowa State and his winning ​six ​matches in the Olympics and playfully questioned whether he would pin Gable. “Now I’m larger than you a little bit. You think I could take...

Just now was a quick feature on OAN that Dan Gable has been awarded the Medal of Freedom, upon recommendation of the "Congressional wrestling caucus", IOW Jim Jordan.

In 1942, following Lombard's death, Gable joined the U.S. Army Air Forces. Before her death, Lombard had suggested Gable enlist as part of the war effort, but MGM was obviously reluctant to let him go, and until her death he resisted the suggestion. Gable made a public statement after Lombard's death that prompted Commanding General of the AAF Henry H. Arnold to offer Gable a "special assignment" in aerial gunnery. Gable, despite earlier expressing an interest in officer candidate school (OCS), enlisted on August 12, 1942, with the intention of becoming an enlisted gunner on an air crew. MGM arranged...

Clark Gable's Grandson Accused Of Shining Laser At Chopper Gable Faces Felony Charge By Michael Martinez CNN POSTED: 4:24 pm EDT July 30, 2011 UPDATED: 7:32 am EDT July 31, 2011 LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- Clark James Gable, 22, the only grandson of legendary actor Clark Gable, was playing with a laser when police arrested him, charging him with a felony this week, his manager told CNN Saturday.