Do You Recognize These Performers?
Added 2023-07-08 15:25:07 +0000 UTCA friend of mine gave me these photos to help her figure out who these performers are. Do you recognize anybody? It appears to be a USO tour? What year do you think they are? Where do you think they are?
I have my guesses but am curious to see who you think it might be.
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That was some great information. I thought one of them was Mitzy Gaynor, but it was Debbie Reynolds.
Matt Forrest
2023-07-08 16:13:21 +0000 UTCOne might possibly be Carolina Cotton, the Yodeling Blond Bombshell? (Never heard of her prior to searching.) Carolina Cotton - Known as the Yodeling Blonde Bombshell, Carolina was a regular on the USO tour. From 1952 to 1954 she had her own show on Armed Forces Radio entitled, "Carolina Cotton Calls." Found on the Carolina Cotton website: 1952-53, KOREA (poss. Tokyo, Japan) - USO Camp Shows - Performers: Carolina Cotton, Paul Douglas, Walter Pidgeon, Roscoe Ates, Rory Calhoun, Peggy Stewart, Debbie Reynolds, Jan Sterling, Keenan Wynn, Movita Castaneda, Carleton Carpenter (There was a slight plane detour, on the way to Korea...instead of the planned stopover in Hawaii, the plane had landed in Alaska. Needless to say, the troupe was surprised, as they were dressed in summer clothes!) Tour: Left Los Angeles for Korea (12/19/52) / Tokyo, Japan (12/23-24/52) / Korea, at Airbase, 12/24/ Korea (Christmas, 12/25/52) / Korea, battle front, in makeshift circus tent, 10th Corps area / Korea, 12/27 / Korea, New Years Eve show, 12/31/52 / Korea, where Carolina made her 3rd visit there, performing on the front lines, and performance on USS Constitution (1/2/53) / Korea (1/5/53) http://koreanwar-educator.org/topics/p_uso.htm
Kim Rice
2023-07-08 15:37:09 +0000 UTC
