Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 14, Number 44, DeMotte, Jasper County, 15 September 1944 — Shaves and Shines Given to Invasion Yanks [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Shaves and Shines Given to Invasion Yanks

Because few Chinese have any hair on their faces until they reach an advanced age, the shaving engaged in by American soldiers seems to be a most unusual operation. Here, Corp. Harvey H. Powell, a horseshoer with a veterinary company in China, but a barber on the side, exercises his tonsorial art on Pvt. Stanley C. Phillips of Dayton, Ohio, to the amusement of Chinese soldiers. Pfc. James P. Royle, Boston, Mass., wants to look neat 'during the invasion, so Italian youngster shines up his shoes. Italian youngsters soon found that they could earn good money with a shoe shining kit in almost any camp.