Music #97 - WW2 war songs -US

A few of the WW-II related songs from US 

- toptracks

* The Marines' Hymn
* Army Song
* Anchors Aweigh (Navy)
* Off we go into the Wild Blue Yonder (Air Force)
* Armed Forces Medley 2018 

* When Johnny Comes Marching Home - from the Civil War
* Battle Hymn of the Republic - from the Civil War
* St. Louis March - in The Glenn Miller (1953) movie    

* USMC cadence songs

* To the Color - a bugle call to render honors to the United States. It is used when no band is available to render honors, or in ceremonies requiring honors more than once. It commands all the same courtesies as the National Anthem.
* Taps - time for bed (or RIP)

* Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B
       - by “Burn the Floor” 

       - originally by the Andrews Sisters
       - I'll be with you in apple blossom time by Andrews Sisters
* Sing, Sing, Sing - Wartime dancing

* Candyman - Christina5 Aguilera co-wrote this WW2-themed swing jazz song.

 

The V-Day Kiss

John Philip Sousa (1854-1932)

- aka "The [American] March King"

* The Liberty Bell

* The Washington Post

* The Thunderer
* Semper Fidelis ("Always Faithful") 

- Official March of the US Marine Corps

Sousa at the White House in "The Stars & Stripes Forever” (1952 movie) 

- the first piece is Hail to the Chief (the personal anthem of the POTUS, adapted by James Sanderson from an original Scottish Gaelic melody)

- the last piece is Semper Fidelis


N.B. the U.S. national anthem is The Star Spangled Banner, with lyrics by Francis Scott Key, and melody by John Stafford Smith.

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General George S. Patton

“When we get to Berlin, 

I'm going to personally shoot 

that paper-hanging son of a bitch 

just like I would a snake.”

(L) story

 

(R) a trailer of Patton (1970 movie) 

(L) slideshow (with theme music from Patton movie)

 

(R) his tactics

* an investigation into his death 

* his funeral (silent video) 

* his graveyard

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Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz

* story

Nimitz enjoyed low profile, and did not seem to mind merits being stolen by others

* theme from Battle of Midway (1976 movie) - one of the Pacific victories

 

(R)  Certificate of presence at the Japanese surrender

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George Marshall 

- USA Chief of Staff during WWII

 

(R)  Marshall Plan after WWII and during the Cold War

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Current photos of Normandy 

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EXTRA

“Rise, Columbia!” 

- old American patriotic song

“Bonnie Blue Flag” 

- unofficial anthem of the Confederate States of America

- during the American Civil War

 

Official anthem of the Confederate States of America

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