American actress Marlene Dietrich (Marie Magdalene "Marlene" Dietrich; 12/27/1901 - 05/06/1992) signing autographs for American soldiers. Since March 1943, Marlene Dietrich has performed for Allied forces in North Africa, Italy and France.

Signing autographs  for the troops

US tanker Private Bruce Rutherford on the turret of an M4 Sherman tank with mascot puppies of his unit during a break in Okinawa. He is holding a Thompson 
M1928M1 submachine gun; June 1, 1945.

Unit mascots

Two American soldiers examine a destroyed German StuG III in the outskirts of the small town of St. Vith, eastern Belgium, near Luxemburg; January 1945.