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Hollywood Canteen

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GRABLE
Betty Grable's over-the-shoulder pin-up photograph was reproduced an estimated 5 million times for Allied servicemen during the war.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
HAYWORTH
Rita Hayworth's image was famously pinned to an atomic test bomb in 1946, the soldiers called it the 'Gilda bomb' after her 1946 film.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
CANTEEN
The Hollywood Canteen opened on October 3, 1942, and served an estimated 3 million service members before closing on Thanksgiving night, 1945.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
BOND
Stars like Hedy Lamarr raised millions touring war-bond drives; in a single night in Washington, Lamarr sold $7 million worth of bonds.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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Hollywood Canteen, free large-print puzzle evoking movie-star glamour, war bonds, and the GIs who danced there.

About Hollywood Canteen

On a corner in Hollywood, a converted livery stable became the most glamorous servicemen's club in the world. Stars like Bette Davis and John Garfield founded it, and on any given night a GI might find himself dancing with Betty Grable or collecting an autograph from Humphrey Bogart, all for free. Beyond the Canteen, the studios threw their full weight behind the war effort: war-bond drives, morale-boosting shorts, and pin-up photographs tucked into kit bags from the Pacific to the Atlantic.

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