AFRS-V-Disc-4
dont1961
(4,75 Sterne; 2 Bewertungen)
The Army was the original source of the V-Disc records, with their first being issued in October of 1943. The Army’s V-Disc project provided a monthly 'care' package of music specially recorded for troops overseas. Soldiers fighting a far-flung war welcomed these musical snapshots of life back home.The V-Disc project actually began in June 1941 , six months before the United States' involvement in World War II, when Captain Howard Bronson was assigned to the Army's Recreation and Welfare Section as a musical advisor. Bronson suggested the troops might appreciate a series of records featuring military band music, inspirational records that could motivate soldiers and improve morale. By 1942, the Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) sent 16-inch, 33 rpm vinyl transcription discs to the troops from eight sources: special recording sessions, concerts, recitals, radio broadcasts, film sound tracks and commercial records.
This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.
Chapters
3:15
3:12
3:11
3:35
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Sad Christmas Song
Ampico
(5 Sterne)
I once again love listening to this vintage music. Now, I finally have a copy of the saddest Christmas song ever, "I'll be Home for Christmas." Imagine a sailor somewhere on an ocean, a soldier or a Marine over his head in mud or snow and listen to that last line, "I'll be home for Christmas if only in my dreams." It's a tear-jerker.