#entertaining the troops

[theglitterdome]

World War II pin-up girl Margie Stewart visiting troops in Reims, France - June 1945

[simplecountryboy]

Dolly Parton, Desert Storm, 1991

[seventh-victim]

Comedian and singer Martha Raye performs for an audience of US soldiers during a United States Organizations (USO) tour for troops stationed in North Africa, 1943.  (photo: Margaret Bourke - White)

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"JUNCTION "HELLO" GIRLS ENTERTAIN WAR VETERANS AFTER THE GAMES-SUPPER AT HIGH PARK," Toronto Star. August 10, 1917. Page 9. ---- In the lower photo, the girls of the Junction Exchange who gave the outing are shown as follows: Left to right, seated-Miss Kirkness, Miss Wallace, Miss Scott, Miss McAuley, Miss Wilkinson. Standing Miss Howell, Miss Huddart, Miss Robertson, Miss I. Watters.

[oldshowbiz]

1986.

[pleasuresoftheharbor]

the stage banter in phil ochs in concert is so charming and lovely. the beginning of canons of christianity is my favorite ever. he really is just a poor humble boy from the sticks..

[vonlipvig]

btw i finished reading the troop by nick cutter today and i really loved it! very classic horror-like, it definitely freaked me out at times, but also made me really feel for the characters. plus the writing was really good, and very visceral at times, which was awesome. if you're into gore, infections and horror about the body, i totally reccommend it!

[ifelllikeastar]

In the 60s and 70s the “Donut Dollies” were a group of women who volunteered with the Red Cross as part of a program called Supplemental Recreation Activities Overseas. The Dollies brought sweets, treats, and their own brand of wholesome entertainment to the soldiers who definitely appreciated this unique taste of hometown America.

These young women made huge sacrifices and made a positive difference in the lives of the servicemen they worked with. It’s their attempts at raising morale that likely kept many of the soldiers going throughout this long war in Vietnam.

[lemuseum]

[onefootin1941]

Dame Vera Lynn's '40s glamour was a lesson in style with substance. She remains synonymous with the gutsy, lipstick-wearing glam of the Second World War.

Vera Lynn was so much more than a singer. She was one of those rare people who came to sum up the whole spirit of an era.

Say her name, and images come to mind of those dark days when Britain stood alone and her music brought hope with a dash of defiance.

While naturally the sentiments of We'll Meet Again particularly resonated during the war when there were so many sad partings, they are timeless and strike straight at the heart.

[tomorrowusa]

One of the pretexts Putin used for his imperialist war of aggression against Ukraine was the alleged existence of Nazis there. Never mind that there are more Nazis in the Kremlin and on Russian state TV than in all of Ukraine.

So just who is entertaining Putin’s troops who are getting ready to commit war crimes? Nazis – of course.

A neo-Nazi band with lyrics about “white power” and “Aryan destiny” shot a music video at a Russian army base, featuring masked soldiers from a unit of soldiers drawn from the far-right hooligan scene.

The incident underlines overt right-wing extremist sentiment within sections of the Russian military, further exposing the hypocrisy of the Kremlin’s propaganda claims about “de-Nazifying” Ukraine. It’s also shone a spotlight on the 106th Airborne Reconnaissance Detachment “Moscow,” a Russian army unit based in the city of Tula, south of Moscow, which is distinctive for recruiting members specifically from the football hooligan and ultranationalist movements – themselves hotbeds of radical right-wing ideology.

The band, Russkiy Styag, which translates as Russian Banner, released the video for its track “We” to its social media channels last month, with a statement that it was “filmed with the support of the commanders and fighters of the ‘Moscow’ [unit] of the 106th Airborne Division.”

The video features Russkiy Styag’s lead singer performing in what appears to be the “Moscow” unit’s base in Tula, flanked by masked soldiers and with a poster featuring a neo-Nazi black sun symbol displayed prominently in the background.

The band did not just wander into the base. The far right in Russia are among the most enthusiastic supporters of Putin’s war.

The cosy relationship between the army unit and the neo-Nazi group is a vivid display of the apparent tolerance – or in this case, open embrace – of right-wing extremist ideology among Russian forces. Alongside the overt neo-Nazi orientation of paramilitaries fighting on the Russian side of the conflict, it cuts against the Kremlin’s already widely-dismissed efforts to paint its bloody invasion of its neighbour as a push to somehow eradicate “Nazism” in Ukraine.

These folks are so obviously Nazi that even the Trump State Department designated some of these Russian groups as “white supremacist terrorists“ in 2020.

But experts say the Russian depiction of Ukraine as a hub of Nazis, in a bid to justify a war of imperialist aggression, is perverse, especially given the role of Russian neo-Nazi paramilitaries like Rusich and the Russian Imperial Legion, designated by the United States as a white supremacist terrorist organisation, and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s longstanding instrumentalisation of the ultranationalist far-right.

Tankies in the West who practice bothsiderism in the war or who retain some residual affection for Russia on the basis that it’s the successor to the glorious communist USSR are effectively turning a blind eye to Naziism. Genuine anti-Nazis want Putin and his clique to lose this war.

[slutfortheeclaymore]

This!!! It made me love their bromance more & miss Drew even more at the same time!!!

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"OVERSEAS TROUPERS GET NEW TOGS," Toronto Star. June 1, 1943. Page 9. ---- Vi and Vilma Vernor, singing Victory Twins, model the first official U.S.O. camp show uniforms for entertainers of armed forces in battle areas. Vi wears a dress suit of blue wool gabardine with gabardine shirt, overseas cap and shoulder strap bag. Vilma dons an informal slack suit of tropical worsted with matching cap.

[xr250r]

Troop Entertainment

[alejandromogollo]

69 years ago Marilyn Monroe entertained US troops in Korea with her show 'Anything Goes’, February 17, 1954. #marilynmonroe #marilyntoday #korea #troops #entertainment #anythinggoes #alejandromogolloart https://www.instagram.com/p/CoxIMxVot6B/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[minghaosmilfshirt]

Dk’s foot was used for this shitpost to uphold established seventeen lore (not brushing his teeth either)