Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860-1985. Motion Pictures Films from the Army Library Copy Collection, 1964-1980. SAMMY DAVIS JR. USO SHOW (AF1F-232).

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860-1985. Motion Pictures Films from the Army Library Copy Collection, 1964-1980. SAMMY DAVIS JR. USO SHOW (AF1F-232).

2/1972-3/1972

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Summary: VS, Blinky Williams entertaining soldiers inside a hangar at Can Tho Army Airfield. George Rhodes and his orchestra accompany her. INT, Lynn Kellogg and Ted Barret playing guitars and singing. INT, Sammy Davis Jr. singing as the chorus girls dance. TNT, Sammy Davis Jr. in a solo performance. INT, Sammy Davis Jr. playing the drums. INT, soldiers on stage dancing with the chorus girls. Night Shots, Sammy Davis Jr. and his USO troupe entertaining sailors aboard the aircraft carrier, USS Hancock. VS, UH-1H helicopter landing at the Can Tho Drug Center. VS, Sammy Davis Jr. and party deplaning. COMMENTS: Good quality at Can Tho Army Airfield. Night scenes aboard the carrier are difficult to see due to light conditions. Varied angles and distances throughout the film.

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Davis, Sammy, Jr., 1925-1990

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Samuel George Davis Jr. (December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990) was an American singer, dancer, actor, vaudevillian and comedian who has been called "the greatest entertainer ever to grace a stage in these United States." At age three, Davis began his career in vaudeville with his father Sammy Davis Sr. and the Will Mastin Trio, which toured nationally. After military service, he returned to the trio and became an overnight sensation following a nightclub performance at Ciro's (in West Hollywood) afte...