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June 1, 2022 • 30 mins
The biggest names in Hollywood and Broadway recorded for AFRS during the war years, The American Forces Network can trace its origins back to May 26, 1942, when the War Department established the Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS). The U.S. Army began broadcasting from London during World War II, using equipment and studio facilities borrowed from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The first transmission to U.S. troops began at 5:45 p.m. on July 4, 1943, and included less than five hours of recorded shows, a BBC news and sports broadcast. That day, Corporal Syl Binkin became the first U.S. Military broadcasters heard over the air. The signal was sent from London via telephone lines to five regional transmitters to reach U.S. troops in the United Kingdom as they prepared for the inevitable invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe. Fearing competition for civilian audiences the BBC initially tried to impose restrictions on AFN broadcasts within Britain (transmissions were only allowed from American Bases outside London and were limited to 50 watts of transmission power) and a minimum quota of British produced programming had to be carried. Nevertheless AFN programmes were widely enjoyed by the British civilian listeners who could receive them and once AFN operations transferred to continental Europe (shortly after D-Day) AFN were able to broadcast with little restriction with programmes available to civilian audiences across most of Europe (including Britain) after dark. As D-Day approached, the network joined with the BBC and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation to develop programs especially for the Allied Expeditionary Forces. Mobile stations, complete with personnel, broadcasting equipment, and a record library were deployed to broadcast music and news to troops in the field. The mobile stations reported on front line activities and fed the news reports back to studio locations in London.

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To all of you, wherever youmight be. He is to romance with
music of Romance by Ray Block IsAugust and chorus songs are Romance by our
Star Larry Douglas, a girl ofRomance to Night's guest star, and words
are romanced by yours truly Jim OMICIwelcoming you again for his to romance.
But now our Romance and Rhythm Departmenttakes over. Is Larry Douglas and Ray

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Blocks augustin chorus team up for Sweetheartof all my dreams, I love you,
I love you. I love you, Sweetheart of all my dreams.

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I love you, my cattle livewith all. My life is empty.
You may do what you may,whatever you say, you know it all.
Always love you this way. Ilove you, I love you,

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I love you are my sweetheart anddreams. Listen, Sweetheart of all my
dream I love you, love you. Maybe I love love you you come

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be motto more my dream. Ilove you, I candle I mancy.
My life is empty. You maydo your man why you say, I

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love I love love my sweetheart andd all right, Remember when you went

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to school, learned the three hourssure Jim Roller skating rattling and the romba.
Oh fine school, I used tostudy reading, writing and rhythm with
it. Oh, I skipped them, but I did take up romance and
rhythm. But speaking of romance andrhythm, here is our own glamorous feminine
singing star, Marion Hutton. HiCollage, I heard you talking about your

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school eighth but they're one. Areyou left out? What was that recess?
Gosh, yes, recess, Ohboy, ten minutes of here pulling,
nose punching, untealing and general goodfellowship. And I could look any
girl in my class me too.I mean, any BOYCS is a wonderful
thing. But let's take a recess, Larry while Marion Hutton sings a song

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she didn't learn at grammar school.Every time I fall in love, every
time, every time, every doggone. Time I fall in love,
I get a shelveing around every time, every time, every time, every

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dog done. Time I tribal man, I'm taking a chance on new my
mind. I'm gonna learn to bea hermit and live in a hermit came
till I lose the blues, mysweeting. If you me, I'm gonna
burn my bridges behind me. I'mgonna hate all you man you can look

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much, you'll never find me behindthe aga because every time, every time,
every time dawn time I fall inline, I got a shovel a
rock, every dome time. I'mgonna learn to be a hermit and live

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in a hermit came until I godlose my sweetey game to me. I'm
gonna burn my bridge behind me.I'm gonna hate all you man you can
love, but you'll gonna find mebehind you at ball again, because every
time, every time, every dogtime I fall in love, I get

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a shopping a rock. Love everyray block. August can now play a

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special exceptionally beautiful arrangement of the hauntingtheme melody from the picture Laura h Read

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banding my grand place, Ladies andgentlemen, right here in person is the
man who astounds you with strange andwonderful true stories Bob Rupy readings everybody the

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time the grim early days of thewar in the South Pacific, when General
MacArthur started the roll back of theJaps from the island of New Guinea.
Place just a few yards who arechap machine gun in placement, where two
American soldiers and their foxholes are tryingto destroy that machine gun. Nest As

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our sea opens, Sergeant Joseph Charlesdigs deeper in his foxhole and yells to
his body, Look who's coming.He comes, Tokyo, Tell me again
that guy has been straightening its oldday. Hey, this stummy's got bobs
under the wings head that squend nights, So and so he'll circle and be

(11:03):
back. He knows he didn't getat that time, bailhole you how do
you like that male call? Well, I'm on soljer That's one call I
always answered foxhole alone. Hey beenlow, dirty little, You're right here.

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We're safe. He missed us.How do you like that? Say,
buddy, you know what that malecall hadn't sounded. We've been blown
high in a kite. He gota direct hit on my foxhole. Yes,
it was a direct hit on Sergeantcharles foxhole. Now, this two

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incidents is a reminder that the malecan be a lifesaver in more ways than
one, and Sergeant Charles has aunique distinction of being a man whose life
was saved by female. Believe itor not. Then Sergeant Charles moved on

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with his unit. He fought hisway up the Pacific as new battle fronts
opened, he was wounded and flownback to the United States. He was
flown back in a sea fifty fourcargo plane, one of thirty patients who
urgently needed medical care. This evacuationof the wounded by air is a recent
development, and whether it has comea new service that of the flight nurse.

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Tonight, I have a surprise foryou in a second, believe it
or not. The Army Transport Commandhas flown one of these nurses from the
South Pacific, and she is withus tonight. But first, let me
sketch a two incident about a flightnurse. The time just a few months

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ago from the island a side path, I see fifty four cargo plane takes
off and hads These two Honolulu inthat plane are dirty, gravely wounded heroes
of the island war, dirty menwinging to our Pacific coast and bidedly needing
surgery. Taking care of them isan Army flight nurse. The big plane

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is flying as high as it canwithout requiring oxygen, and the nurse calms
her patients and speaks to her aid. Now John Jones, Yes, nurse,
his patient here needs special attention.He has a bad chest bound we're
in camels. He'll need oxygen.I've got the bottle here, Nurse.

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I thought we'd have an easy flight, but there must be some enemy fighters
chasing us. We're in evasive action. The pilot's trying to find cloud cover.
Oh that means we'll have to flyhigher than we thought. We'll get
some bumps. You watch the othermen. You handle his patience. Look,
the standage has been torn loose fromthat last Joe. I have to

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hold my hand over this bandage sohe can breathe while I feed him oxygen.
Nurse, you can't pull the bandageand feed him oxygen. I've got
to. If that wound opens,you'll die. But you can't hold it
all the way to Honolulu. Youtake care of the other patient, Yes,
but it can't be done. Nurse. It's seven hours to Honolulu.
You can't hold that bandage type withone hand and feed him his oxygen with

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the other hand. Not for sevenlong hours. I can try. You
watch the other patients, Jones.I'll try. In this war, there
have been many heroic stories of nurses, but certainly none exceeds the great courage

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shown by this flight nurse. JustCaptain le are us true principal Chief Flight
Nurse or the Pacific Division of theAir Transport Command. Ladies and gentlemen,
I present Captain Leora Trup. CaptainStroop, you did hold your hand on

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that wounded man's chest and with yourother hand you bedium oxygen for seven hours.
That's right, isn't it? Yes, I was lucky I got my
patient to handle a little safely,if that's what you mean. Yes,
But I'd rather talk about the nursesin my service. If there's any credit,
they're the ones who deserve it.Oh, Captain Stroop, tell us

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just what is the duty of aflight nurse. Her flight nurses bring back
the more desperately wounded cases. Wehave evacuated as many as ten thousand patients
a month from the Pacific morphront.Mister Stanley, in all, your nurses
now cover more than sixty eight thousandhour miles in their daily duty. Well

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that's really a belief of it ornot in a self? Yes, and
there are only one hundred and seventyflight nurses in this service to cover the
sixty eight thousand miles to more,the flight nurse has a handsful every move
you make in the plane is watchedby those thirty pair of eyes. You
can feel them following you as youhold on with one hand and give nursing

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care with the others. Well,Captain noton must be most inspiring, yes,
But more inspiring is the attitude ofour boys. For instance, you
talk to one boy badly wounded,and maybe you remark that he seen some
tough going, but he'll only smileand say I was lucky. But I'm

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here. Well, Captain Stop,I can't tell you how indebted we are
to you for being with us tonightand to you and in honor of the
magnificent service you and your flight nurseshave achieved, there was a special award
he's check for one dollars. Thankyou, mister Ripley, and many and

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many many happy landings to you,Captain's Troop. Ladies and gentlemen, We
have just pretended chief Flight Nurse,Captain Leoras Troop, who told you of
the wonderful work done by the flyingAngels of Mercy over the Pacific from the
battle trans in China to the Californiacoast. Believe it or not, Next

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week on this program, Bob Ripleywill present another prize winning. Believe it
or not, of this war,but sure to thrill and the maiju.
When I'm mister Douglas fights the younglady out of an evening. He isn't
in any hurry to run your holyyear, nor not larry. He always

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says, Let's take a long wayhome. Let's take a long way.
Hold, let's look for the longway, and on the way, let's

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pretend that this wonderful night wander throughyou would be much to sue. We'll
circle once around the moon. Ourdream boat will carry us a far.

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We'll take the long way. Makesure it's the wrong way. Let's take
the long way, Hord. Shallwe fly through the night? Shall we
dream as we go? See thestar on your right, see the farm

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down below. The whole dream onlytakes a million year. If if you're
in the mood to row, thenlet tke the long way, Hord,

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fly lie the side. The wholetree of beads only takes a man if

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if you're in to roll the words. The best beloved composers are those who

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had a gift for reaching the heartsof the people, and one who had
this gift and generous measure was VictorHerbert ray Block and his Augustan call Us
recapture for us the musical delights ofBabes and Toiland, Why do you well?

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You're never happy? Why your fatsh Why hello Marian? Guys,

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she looks swell as evening. Youhave a certain glow about you. Well,
now, isn't that funny that youshould say that to me? Larry?
Why? Well? You see,was this way? I went home
this afternoon, I got off myemakeup kids, And what are you a
crystal changer? I'm a no personand I'm both friends of mine jealousy and
you never believe it. But Annytold Ann that she is the Larry's husband.
Henry had never been the least embarrassedabout what happens in the other night.

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And you want to know why notimehouse? When I've got my mom
around you and we're going for awalk. Mustu yatada, yakuta, yakuta,
yakuta talk talk talk when we're sittingclose together in a cozy taxicab.

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Mustu yatterday, yakute, yakute yaketecgab gab gab Aristotle, Mathematics, economics,
antique chairs, the classics, thecomics, Darling who chairs, There's
a brand new moon this evening andthe weather should be fine. If you

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yakuta yakuta, yakuta yakuta, sameold line, I'll politely gold your lips
with mine. Mary, What areyou doing for exercise? Funny you should
ask, But you know I wentdown to the ballpark the other day and
as they were out on the field, someone recognized me. And I was

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out there playing third base with theBook of Rogers, and the most sensational
thing happened. Three memory on basetwo yaw two strikes? Who comes to
beat? But what was that guy'sname again? Joe Crow or something like
that? From my repeating myself,stop you're killing me. When the parlor
lights are lowered and the family isagain, Must you yakati yakut yachatre yahata

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chan chanchen when there's music we playand I'm sitting on your lap? Must
you yakati jakatha yakata, yakata yapyap yap forward passing second begging or rid
jacky who is hot for boxing orhockey? Darling? Watch I'll attempt some

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other evening. Well, will youcall for me? By nine? Match.
But if you yatada yakuti, yakutiyakuta say old line, well,
I like that. Here I amminding my own business and listening with four
pards wudding. Whether you're ever gonnalike me get a chimp to get a
word in each WAYE when I gotdo with the talk talk champion worrying about
the winner in four games and allkinds of jungs. That doesn't make a
bit of different. Desert Darling,it's so nice to call your listen to

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game at the same time. Nextweek for NaN's rivernmand Ripley the The Star
Stopped Show featuring Marion Hutton, LarryDouglas, Ray Block and yours Trilie Gim'll
meet you. This is the ArmedForces Radio Set w
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