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The Armed Forces Radio Service in connection with "Yank Weekly" magazine broadcast shortwave programs to the troops overseas all during World War II and beyond. This 1943 fifteen minute track does not identify the DJ (GI Jill did not begin her work until mid-1943)... show consists of requested songs by fighting men and women deployed during WW II along with sharing anecdotal stories and messages from the letters received. Artists and songs heard in order of appearance: Tommy Dorsey Orch: Mandy, Make Up Your Mind; Isham Jones: Blue Lament; Fletcher Henderson Orch: Variety Stomp (1927) and Larry Clinton Orch: Study in Blue (1938 hit). More GI Jive in the "GI Jive - GI Jill" playlist.