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A young Frank Sinatra (left) does an interview for one of the many programs produced by the Armed Forces Radio Service for broadcast to the troops overseas during World War II with Alida Valli, an Italian actress. Unidentified date, presumably circa 1943–1948 (see below). Unidentified location; the microphone is labeled with the abbreviation "AES", which may refer to an American Expeditionary Station.

Date

Undated; most likely circa between December 1943 and April 1948 , i.e. between the date of Sinatra's earliest AFRS appearance and the date of a postwar radio broadcast featuring both Sinatra and Valli. Sources:

"Frank, in fact, appeared in a number of these war-time 'Command Performances' [for the Armed Forces Radio Service], the first being in December 1943." ( Peters, Richard The Frank Sinatra Scrapbook: His Life and Times in Words and Pictures , St. Martin's Press, p. 25 ISBN : 0-312-30337-8 . )
"An appeal broadcast directly to the Italian people to vote against the Communist ticket at the April 18 election is being arranged by Frank Sinatra. His guests will be Jimmy Durante, Joe DiMaggio, and Alida Valli. [...] Sinatra [...] was asked by high Washington officials to get together a show with famous guests of Italian parentage" ( Parsons, Louella O. ( April 5, 1948 ). " Sinatra to Stage Radio Plea to Italy for Defeat of Reds ". New York Mirror : 5. )

Source

Via http://afrts.dodmedia.osd.mil/heritage/page.asp?pg=archive31 ( Archived on August 26, 2004)

Author

Unidentified employee of the Armed Forces Radio Service. The source website notes it "is an authorized official publication of the Department of Defense."

Permission
( Reusing this file )

This image is a work of a U.S. military or Department of Defense employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government , the image is in the public domain in the United States.

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Alida Valli