Holiday Honeys: Lana Turner

For Memorial Day

with Sergeant Carl Bell  at the Hollywood Canteen in 1943

 

For the Boys -- Ann Sheridan - Happy Memorial Day

Ann Sheridan takes weapons training during a European Theater USO tour during World War 2.

Ruth Denas, Mary Landa and Ann Sheridan visit a wounded serviceman during a European Theater USO tour during World War 2.

 

For the Boys: Monica Lewis

with Danny Kaye in Korea, 1951

Monica Lewis & Danny Kaye perform for 15,000 soldiers of the 1st Cavalry Division in Wontonni, Korea, November 9, 1951

Monica Lewis and Liz Taylor visit a wounded soldier, 1951

For the Boys: Carole Landis

Carole Landis visits the Normandy Memorial

In honor of Veteran's Day, here's a photo of Carole Landis paying tribute to the fallen in France. Carole devoted more time to USO tours to Europe, Africa and the Pacific than any other Hollywood star.  She returned to Hollywood weakened by amoebic dysentery, malaria, and near-fatal pneumonia,

For the Boys: Happy Veteran's Day

Lana Turner, Deanna Durbin and Marlene Dietrich welcome the millionth visitor to the Hollywood Canteen, 1944

Memorial Day Memories: Scenes from the "Canteen"

Six foot tall actress Bunny Waters dancing with soldier Henry Pilla at the Hollywood Canteen, 1944. photo by Joseph Jasgur

A soldier goes weak at the knees after Linda Darnell asks him to dance at the Hollywood Canteen.

John Garfield performing at the Hollywood Canteen. photo by Joseph Jasgur

Photographer Joseph Jasgur with Ingrid Bergman, Hedda Hopper and Ann Sheridan at the Hollywood Canteen.

For the Boys: Marlene Dietrich

Marlene Dietrich celebrates the end of WWII with soldiers at the Port of New York

thanks to Roy Bean for the image

Film Noir Photos salutes America's veterans!

For the Boys: Dorothy Lamour

She Wants You!

Dorothy Lamour, in a two piece bathing suit adorned with unit patches, pitches the life militiare to potential servicemen, June 1947.

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For the Boys: Gene Tierney

Gene Tierney in Naval Aid Auxiliary Uniform, 1943

The war-time organization known as the Naval Aid Auxiliary set up a series of rest stations across the country to provide entertainment and temporary housing for sailors and marines during transfers between duty stations. The NAA received much of their funding from public donations, much of which was raised by Hollywood celebrities through personal appearances nationwide. In 1943-1944 the NAA signed up almost 200 celebrities who dedicated hundreds of hours working in the stations.

For the Boys: Four Jills

Mitzi Mayfair, Martha Raye, Kay Francis and Carole Landis pose with US Army Officers in England, during filming of Four Jills in a Jeep (1944), based on Landis' memoir of her USO experiences in Europe and Africa.

For the Boys: Veronica Lake

1943

During the early 1940s Veronica Lake was considered one of the most reliable box office draws in Hollywood. A stray lock of her shoulder-length, blonde hair during a publicity photo shoot had led to her iconic "peekaboo" hairstyle, which was adopted by female fans all over the country. During WWII, US government officials asked Lake to wear her hair up for the duration, as many women who imitated her hairstyle were getting their hair caught in assembly-line machinery.

For the Boys: Ida Lupino

Original Caption: Movie actress Ida Lupino, a lieutenant in the Women's Ambulance and Defense Corps is shown at a telephone switch board in Brentwood, California, on January 3, 1942. In an emergency she can reach every ambulance post in the city. It is in her house and from here she can see the whole Los Angeles area. (AP Photo)

For the Boys: Bogie & Bacall

The crew of the B17 “Hell’s Angels” of the 303rd Bombardment Group visits with the cast of To Have and Have Not (1944) during a war bond tour. Cast members present were Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Hoagy Carmichael and Walter Brennan.

Image courtesy of Old Hollywood

For the Boys: Racquel Welch

Racquel Welch in Vietnam, 1967

For the Boys: Frances Langford

Guitarist Tony Romano accompanies Frances Langford, 1944


Patty Thomas, Frances Langford, Tony Romero, Col. Hawthorne, Bob Hope, Jerry Colonna, and Barney Dean


Col. Hawthorne, Bob Hope, Patty Thomas, Tony Romano, Frances Langford, Barney Dean and Jerry Colonna


Lieutenant Colonel R.L Baseler with Bob Hope and Frances Langford in front of Baseler's P40 'Stud'

For the Boys: Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe performing for US soldiers in Korea, Feb, 1954.

Photos by James A. Seitz from the excellent blog of his son Patrick.
See more of this interesting collection of historic snapshots here.

For the Boys: Rita Moreno

Actress Rita Moreno with several Edwards Air Force Base test pilots, including X-2 pilot Capt. Iven C. Kincheloe in 1956

For the Boys: Mickey Rooney

Mickey Rooney entertains the 44th Division in Europe (4-13-1945)

For the Boys: Ingrid Bergman

Ingrid Bergman visits with Swedish UN troops in Korea, 1951

For the Boys: Connie Stevens

with Bob Hope in Vietnam, Christmas, 1969