Ann Sheridan's USO entertainment troupe on tour of US Army bases in China, with aircrew and a USAAF Douglas C-47 Skytrain (Dakota), May 1944
Collection
Identifier
ML06-d136
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: ML06-d136. USO = United Service Organizations Inc. Left to right: The comedian Ben Blue (Benjamin Bernstein) (1901-1975) - Colonel John Dunning (probably) - Ann Sheridan (1915-1967) - unidentified airman - Ruth Dennis - unidentified airman - unidentified airman - Maria “Mary” Landa (1918- ) - unidentified man. Photograph taken during a six week tour of American army bases in China and India, with the crew of the Douglas C-47 which ferried the troupe around. Number on the tail of the USAAF Douglas C-47 Skytrain: 293758. Rubber stamps on the back of the print: 'PHOTO NUMBER CBI-44-45, 139. WHEN AUTHORIZED FOR PUBLICATION, CREDIT MUST BE GIVEN "PHOTO BY U.S. ARMY SIGNAL CORPS"'; 'PASSED BY BASE 2305 ARMY EXAMINER'.