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Danny Kaye Talks to an Injured GI (Douerfel of Oklahoma) at the Casualty Staging Flight Unit, Tachikawa Air Base, Japan, 1961. Official USAP Photograph, Tachikawa Air Force Base.
Danny Kaye's War and USO Efforts
As soon as his career took off in the early 1940s with his Broadway and New York nightclub performances, Danny Kaye began participating in events to raise money for military efforts during World War II. He performed at USO shows and war bond sales throughout the 1940s and 1950s. During the Korean and Vietnam wars, he made frequent trips to Japan, Korea, and Vietnam to entertain troops and visit military hospitals. |