Yeaton

Performers well off the beaten track, providing a break for Burma Road engineers of the 797th Engineer Forestry Company--Pat O'Brien and Jinx Falkenburg perform--Falkenburg, Yeaton, O'Brien, Carol, Dodd, and a random, confused-looking GI singing on stage. During WWII.

Celebrities visit China during WWII: General Claire L. Chennault with USO entertainers in Kunming, China, October 26, 1944, including Jinx Falkenburg, Betty Yeaton, and Jimmy Dodd.

Celebrities visit and perform at Yangkai, Yunnan province, during WWII: Betty Yeaton performs contortionist act.

Celebrities visit and perform at Yangkai, Yunnan province, during WWII: GIs and medical staff share a meal with celebrities, including Betty Yeaton seated, Jinx Falkenburg standing in right background, and a Hollywood movie star on far left, and Mary Landa seated against back wall.

Celebrities visit and perform at Yangkai, Yunnan province, during WWII: GIs and medical staff share a meal with celebrities, including Betty Yeaton.

Chennault poses with USO Troupe at Kunming China, on October 26, 1944. Left to right: Ruth Carrol, Pat O'Brien, Chennault, Jinx Falkenburg, Betty Yeaton, and Jimmy Dodd. Photo by 16th Combat Camera Unit. Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.

Cooks Ruth Carrell, Betty Yeaton, Jinx Falkenburg visit the enlisted men's mess of the "China Blitzer" fighter squadron and the "Flying Horse" fighter group. The cooks are (left to right): Sgt. Joseph Chirko, Ruth Carrell, S/Sgt. Steve Nagy, Betty Yeaton, Jinx Falkenburg. In front is "Collen", Burmese refugee and mess attendant, in the background with glasses is Mr. John Woo...

Betty Yeaton and Jinx Falkenberg in New Delhi. Photo from Carroll N. Schaeffer/S. Louff.

Jinx Falkenberg & Betty Yeaton with appreciative GIs in Photo Section Room, New Delhi, 1944. In the CBI during WWII. Photo from F. C. Reed.

Betty Yeaton shows her contortionist skills as part of USO show at the Bengal Air Depot, during WWII.