Tag: USO

May 30, 2016 / Vickie Lester

Hollywood at War, Marlene Dietrich, performed on the front lines, often at great peril—earned the Medal of Freedom

May 30, 2016 / Vickie Lester

Hollywood at war, Fred Astaire dances for the troops at Versailles

November 25, 2014 / Vickie Lester

Reprise: Thanksgiving at the Hollywood Canteen with Dinah Shore

November 25, 2014 / Vickie Lester

Reprise: Bette Davis, John Garfield, Marlene Dietrich, and the Hollywood Canteen

Bette Davis and John Garfield decided something had to be done for the enlisted men who passed through Southern California… They secured a building at 1451 Cahuenga Boulevard and opened a USO club to be staffed by movies stars and entertainers. That’s Dezi Arnaz: That’s co-founder Bette Davis preparing to…

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November 25, 2014 / Vickie Lester

Loretta Young, Rosalind Russell, and Olivia de Havilland at the Hollywood Canteen

July 16, 2013 / Vickie Lester

CARMEN MIRANDA CAME TO THE US IN 1939 AND BECAME A MEDIA SENSATION

November 22, 2012 / Vickie Lester

THANKSGIVING AT THE HOLLYWOOD CANTEEN

Service men during WWII enjoying a Thanksgiving meal at the Hollywood Canteen (thanks largely to the efforts of Bette Davis and John Garfield – somewhere in heaven y’all should take a bow) –

September 21, 2012 / Vickie Lester

LOCKHEED – BURBANK – WWII

I just have to say I saw Endeavour over Griffith Park Observatory and the cheers and the glory and size and the way it banked and tipped its wings and the two fighter planes aloft and escorting in the bright blue California sky – and the impact that this vessel…

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