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Originally, the song was titled "Army Air Corps."Robert MacArthur Crawford wrote the initial first verse and the basic melody line in May 1939. [1] During World War II, the service was renamed "Army Air Forces" because of the change in the main U.S. Army's air arm naming in mid-1941, and the song title changed to agree.
"The U.S. Air Force Blue" is a song associated with the United States Air Force. Composed in 1957 as an advertising jingle for recruiting ads, the song's popularity subsequently saw it receive wider use. As of 2019, it is listed in the Air Force Manual as an authorized piece of ceremonial music.
Robert MacArthur Crawford (July 27, 1899 – March 12, 1961) is known for writing The U.S. Air Force song. He was born in Dawson City , Yukon , and spent his childhood in Fairbanks, Alaska . [ 1 ] He graduated high school in 1915 at Chehalis High School [ 2 ] in Chehalis, Washington.
Hamilton was a poet. She wrote A Hymn for Aviators in 1915, a poem that was adapted at various times and given different titles. It was known as "Lord, Guard and Guide the Men Who Fly" [7] and also as "United States Air Force Hymn", it first appeared in the American Student Hymnal in 1928 and was set to Mozart's "Dona Nobis Pacem".
In 1940, the US Episcopal Church altered three verses of the hymn to include travel on the land in the second verse (referencing Psalm 50) and in the air in the third verse (again referencing Genesis). This was published as Hymn No. 513 while the original lyrics were also published as Hymn No. 512 in The Hymnal 1940.
The United States Marine Drum and Bugle Corps performing the Armed Forces Medley at the Friends of the National World War II Memorial.. The Armed Forces Medley, also known as the Armed Forces Salute is today recognized as a collection of the official marchpasts/songs of the 6 services of the United States Armed Forces: Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, and Space Force. [1]
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The "Marines' Hymn" is the official hymn of the United States Marine Corps, introduced by the first director of the USMC Band, Francesco Maria Scala.Its music originates from an 1867 work by Jacques Offenbach with the lyrics added by an anonymous author at an unknown time in the following years.