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Last Name: ` GAMBLE	First Name Middle Initial: CLIFFORD		Nick Name:
Street: 1269 FLUSHING AVE	City & State: CLEARWATER, FL		E-Mail:
Zip: 33764-4907	Phone: 727 523 1727		Spouse: MARTHA H
Conflict: WW11	Service Branch: ARMY		Unit: 2nd Ranger Bt
Theater: ETO	Where Captured: Northern France		Date Captured: 12/16/43
Camps Held In: 4B 8A 11B			How Long Interned: 484 days
liberated / repatriated: liberated	Date Liberated: 04/13/45		Age at Capture: 19
Medals Received: Bronze Star, Purple Heart with 3 Clusters) French Court-De-Guiardea, P.O.W. Medal, ETO with 2 Battle Stars, Victory Medal, Good Conduct Medal.
Military Job:		Company: Biltmore Dairy Farms
Occupation after War: Computor Controler

Military Bio:

CLIFF GAMBLE – American hero (Died April 2, 1999)Medals: Bronze Star, Purple Heart with 3 Clusters) French Court-De-Guiardea, P.O.W. Medal, ETO with 2 Battle Stars, Victory Medal, Good Conduct Medal.

After having been engaged is a fierce hand-to-hand battle Cliff was severely wounded on his left arm and hand. He continued shooting, however, until he passed out and was later captured by the enemy. Refusing to work for the Germans, he was beaten repeatedly by guards. He escaped and was recaptured three times, and spent weeks at a time in solitary confinement. He survived a forced 85-mile forced march across Germany. Cliff was 6’ 1” when he was captured and 85 pounds when he was liberated.
Cliff Gamble served as Chapter Commander in the American Ex-POW’s in North Carolina, and after he moved to Florida he was elected as Chapter Commander of the Barbed Wire Seminole Chapter where he served for several years in the ‘90’s. Later, he served as Senior Vice Commander, Chapter Chaplain, and assistant Service Officer until he died. In fact, with the help of his wife, Martha, he filed a claim for and Ex-POW just three days before he went to the hospital for the last time.
The American Ex-Prisoners of War motto, “We exist to help those who can not help themselves,” was exemplified to its fullest by this valiant soldier.


Master Sargent Clifford Gamble, 1940	Clifford And His Wife Martha