Mickey
Rooney -- a K-bar knife, hanging from his belt -- won the
Bronze Star for insisting that his pilot fly him into a
combat zone to give the troops a few laughs. Celebrity draftees
like Mickey Rooney entertained troops in stateside training
camps, staging areas and overseas units. Soldier â?oJeep
Showsâ? and Special Service Company Shows took live
entertainment to combat areas.
Editor's Note: Mickey Rooney served with the Army's 6817th
Special Services Battalion, entertaining troops in France
on the front lines. He served from June 1944 to March 1946.)
3-13. Bronze Star Medal \
The Lincoln Highway
National Museum & Archives
First is the shot that
started it all...
World
War 2
recovering from a bad cold...
with Marlene Dictrich
Then it was back on the road...
for this shot with the fellows in Belgium, followed
by this one...
with
the Chinese airmen in
September of 1943, and
the last one...
entertaining
the troops in
April of 1945.
the
enlistment photo from
June of 44.
After
the War,
it was back to Hollywood
or this MGM promo shot...
Taken in 1946
later that month, and
this one from...
"Hollywood Showcase" several
months later. Then
there was this one from...
