This is an interactive musical performances in a lively canteen setting during WW II, highlighting her fascinating life. Frissell volunteered her photographic services to the American Red Cross, Women's Army Corps and Eighth Army Air Force during WWII. She was the first woman war photographer and the first woman on the staff of Sports Illustrated. She flew for two weeks with the Tuskegee Airmen and her photographs are possibly the only ones taken of those brave men.
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