1944: Extra duty finds these soldiers very unhappy during a comedy act of…

04/12/1944

SC 189789Field no. ETO-HQ-44-3211RG 111

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Extra duty finds these soldiers very unhappy during a comedy act of "Yankee Doodlers', an "all-G.I. show" touring the European Theater of Operations for the entertainment of U. S. troops. The 90 minute variety show has a cast of 24 enlisted men, including (left to right): Pvt. Ted Arkin, 3556 Sunnyside Ave., Chicago, Ill o; Pvt. Walter Carloch, 43 Denton Ave., East Rockaway, Long Island, N.Y.; and Pvt. Daniel Schwartz, 862 Jennings St., Bronx, N. Y. Britain, April 12, 1944.

Date: 04/12/1944
Photographer: Reshovsky
People: Pvt. Theodore Arkin; Pvt. Walter Carlock; Pvt. Daniel Schwartz
SC number: 189789
Field number: ETO-HQ-44-3211
Source: U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs

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