This is your army, February 2, 1946

Titles: This is your army, February 2, 1946 (Supplied title)

Description: During World War II, radio station KSTP-AM broadcast a variety of news and entertainment programming from Fort Snelling, among them the dramatic teleplay "This Is Your Army." This final episode is a retrospective narrated by Staff Sergeant Ken Barry and KSTP staff announcer/producer Dick Kothe. Performers include the Andrews Sisters, singing "Shoo Shoo Baby;" the Fort Snelling Military Band, directed by Staff Sergeant Fred J. Raniele; the 125-voice Japanese-American Choir, directed by Lieutenant Joseph Running, Fort Snelling’s musical director Leonard Leigh, and three former Fort Snelling GIs; Private Tony Grise, star of Fort Snelling's "G.I. Joe" all-soldier radio drama; Private Dick Keller; and Corporal Paul Allen. Additional remarks are made by post commander Colonel Harry J. Keeley, public relations officer Captain Fred B. Moore, and KSTP president/general manager Stanley E. Hubbard.

Dates

• Exactly 02/02/1946 (Creation)

Creation

• creator: Hubbard Broadcasting Corporation, KSTP radio (1500 AM)

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: Collection I.390.15.9
• Link to Finding Aid

Notes

• KSTP-AM: An Inventory of Its World War II Sound Recordings at the Minnesota Historical Society. View finding aid at: http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/sv000017.xml

Holding Type: Sound Recordings

Quantity: 1 digital file

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Physical Support: digital file

Measurements

• 14:34 minutes running time

Subjects

Locations

• Name: Fort Snelling Radio Station (Building #113), Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States

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