Pons

Opera singer Lilly Pons sings at a USO show in Gushkara, India, during WWII.

Celebrities visit and perform at Yangkai, Yunnan province, during WWII: The American opera star Lily Pons stands with her conductor husband, Andre Kostelanetz.

Celebrities visit and perform at Yangkai, Yunnan province, during WWII: Hollywood actres on left, Opera singer Lily Pons in the center, medical staff on right.

Miss Lily Pons of opera and radio fame, along with husband Andre Kostelanetz, meets C. L. Chennault on February 15, 1945, after her tour of American airfields in China.

The American opera star Lily Pons stands between conductor Andre Kostelanetz, her husband, and Brigadier General Lewis A. Pick just prior to the formal ‘ribbon cutting’ ceremony demonstrating the completion of the Stilwell Road. On 4 February 1945 the first convoy from Ledo, with General Pick at the front, reached Kunming as firecrackers exploded, missionary nuns waved, and Chinese bands...