Hollywood was patriotic during WWII (unlike today) Dick Powell supported the USO during World War II 🎙️🇺🇸https://t.co/ZgV1hCP3kY pic.twitter.com/uJ32qdeX0C— 🎼AdagioForStrings🎻 (@adagioforstring) June 11, 2018
USO Concert Starting 3:49
In case the above link breaks, here's a kludgy cell phone recording
from the Classic Arts Showcase
'Danny Kaye, Dick Powell, Yvonne De Carlo and Dale Evans perform various musical excerpts for the US Navy in 1944'
from the short "A Carrier Comes Home"
(courtesy Brisbane Productions)
brisbaneprod@earthlink.net
First song Powell sang was from "Shipmates Forever" (1935)
"Don't Give Up the Ship"
The second song Powell sang was from "The Singing Marine" (1937)
"Song of the Marines"
And Dale Evans - of Roy Rogers fame - also sang in the USO concert
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