Martha O'Driscoll singing at a microphone, Alaska, December 1943
Gift in Memory of Martha O'Driscoll
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Photograph. View from the back of the stage looking at Martha O'Driscoll singing at a microphone in front of a crowd of seated soldiers. Stamped and written caption on photo reverse: "Official U.S. Navy Photograph. No. 3206. Date: 11 Dec. 1943. Subject: Martha O'Driscoll sings to entertain military personnel as USO troupe played Adak. Unit: NAS Adak." Alaska. 11 December 1943
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12/11/1943
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Martha O'Driscoll was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on March 4, 1922. She was an American film actress from 1937 until 1947. She toured with Errol Flynn and other entertainers in the USO in the early 1940s, performing for the troops in the Aleutians in 1943 and later in the South Pacific. She married her first husband, Richard Adams, in 1943. They were divorced in 1947, and later that year she married Arthur Appleton. O'Driscoll was under contract to Universal Studios during World War II. Collection includes over 200 photographs related to O'Driscoll's time overseas; four certificates awarded to her for her service, and many newspaper clippings detailing her life in the public eye.
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Adak
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51.867
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-176.650
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Entertainers--Alaska