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The war in American culture : society and consciousness during World War II. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1996. ISBN 0-226-21511-3. OCLC 32894116. Fauser, Annegret. Sounds of war : music in the United States during World War II. New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]. ISBN 0-19-994803-8. OCLC 819383019.
A History of Music in the U.S. Armed Forces During World War II. Philadelphia: M. W. Lads, 1966. OCLC 2296000; Henderson, Hamish. Ballads of World War II. Glasgow: Privately printed by the Lili Marleen Club of Glasgow, 1950. OCLC 465530802; I'll Be Seeing You ..: Songs of World War II. Essex, England: EMI Music Pub, 1988. ISBN 0-86175-042-X ...
The Sacred War; Sentimental Journey (song) Shtil, di nakht iz oysgeshternt; Si vas para Chile; Siekiera, motyka; The Sinking of the Reuben James; Smoke on the Water (Red Foley song) A Soldier Speaks; Soldier's Last Letter; Song of the Soviet Army; Stalin Wasn't Stallin' Stars and Stripes on Iwo Jima
In 1942, he volunteered to join the US military to entertain troops during World War II and ended up in the US Army Air Forces. [1] Their workload was just as heavy as the civilian band's had been. With a full string section added to a big band, the Major Glenn Miller Army Air Forces Orchestra [ 14 ] was the forerunner of many US military big ...
Pages in category "Songs about World War II" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
The song was recorded by the Song Spinners [5] for Decca Records, reaching number one on the Billboard pop chart on July 2, 1943. [6]"Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer" was the only song with a war connection to appear in the top twenty best-selling songs of 1943 in the United States (although record sales in this period were heavily affected by the first Petrillo recording ban).
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Mercer intended to write a song that the soldiers would like, [1] and the song was the biggest hit of all the songs dealing with soldier life during World War II. [ 2 ] Chart performance