Archive photo of the day
ARCHIVE PHOTO OF THE DAYOlivia de Havilland with the troops, 1959
Stars and Stripes
June 4, 2019
Gus Schuettler ©Stars and StripesHeidelberg, West Germany, April, 1959: Olivia de Havilland signs autographs and chats with patients at the 130th Station Hospital in Heidelberg. De Havilland's ties to the military date back to World War II, when the "Gone with the Wind" actress toured the U.S. and remote parts of the Pacific with the USO, helped promote the sale of war bonds, and appeared regularly at the Hollywood Canteen.