[Russian dancer performing for recently liberated Allied prisoners of war]

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Title

[Russian dancer performing for recently liberated Allied prisoners of war]

Description

Photograph of a Russian dancer performing for a crowd of recently liberated Allied prisoners of war at an internment camp in Mukden (present day Shenyang), China, circa 1940s.

Typed on verso: "Hqs. Tenth Air Force, China--When a Tenth Air Force mercy plane flew to Mukden, Manchuria, to evacuate Allied prisoners of war from Jap prison camps a photographer aboard the plane caught this photo of a Russian dancer entertaining the former prisoners who were witnessing their first show in three years. (USAAF)."

Stamped on verso: "Official AAF Photo. Tenth U.S. Air Force."

Date

1940s circa

Bibliographic Citation

The William Orthman World War II Collection/The Museum of Flight

Identifier

1991-07-17A_image_061_01
1991-07-17A_image_061_02