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Favorite Music Files 1940-1955
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This Page Last Updated ~ 22 October 2006
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Click on the record icon to take you to the page to play the song. If you have any favorite music (.wav) files from you tour with the 720th you would like to have reviewed for posting, please send the name of the song and group to the History Project Manager via the above Email Link. If I can locate it, I will post it.
The songs on this site are copyrighted by their respective artists and are placed here for historical purposes only. You can not download them from this site and no profits are made on this site from their use. It is recommended that you purchase your favorites from the many licensed sites now available on the Internet. Music was a very important part of the overall morale of the soldiers in the Battalion, especially during overseas and wartime deployments.
1940 through 1955 ~ WWII ~ Occupied Japan ~ Korean War
 "I'll Be Seeing You"  Dina Shore
  "Sound Off" Vaughn Monroe
  "You Can't Say No To A Soldier" Joan Merrell
 "The Very Thought Of You" Billie Holiday
  "I Shall Be Waiting"  Vera Lynn
 "We'll Meet Again"  Vera Lynn
  "Am I Blue"   Ella Fitzgerald
 "Harbor Lights" Rosemary Clooney
  "In The Mood"  Glenn Miller

 Medley ~ "This Is The Army Mr. Jones" ~ "I Left My Heart At The Stage Door Canteen" ~ "Tomorrow Is A Lovely Day"  Vera Lynn

"Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition"  Kay Kiser  Page includes the historical origin of the song on 7 December 1941 during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

 

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