Chapter 4: The Best-Entertained Soldiers in the World
This playlist includes Sentimental Journey: The 746th Far East Air Force Band, a collection of wire recordings made in Philippines in 1945, which was subsequently transferred to 78 rpm discs 3 and eventually digitized. It consists of numerous Big Band hits of the day, supplemented by an oral history with one of the band members.
audio documentary on the V-Disc program
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SAMPLE V-DISC RECORDINGS
YouTube has scores of V-Disc recordings. In some cases, the labels of the recordings indicate they were “Army Hit Kit Tunes”:
Jo Stafford - I’ll Be Seeing You (1944 V Disc version)
V-Disc 298 Brig Gen Joseph W. Byron does intro
(This disc features an introduction by Brigadier General Joseph W. Byron, director of the Special Services Division, at 5:27)
A wartime newsreel about the Armed Forces Radio Service
This newsreel highlights the actress Carole Landis sighing on the all-request program Command Performance