Guide to the John C. Becher Soldier Show collection, 1940-1953 C0090 John C. Becher

Guide to the John C. Becher Soldier Show collection, 1940-1953 C0090

John C. Becher

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center

Fenwick Library, MS2FL
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Fairfax, Virginia 22030
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speccoll@gmu.edu
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Eron Ackerman

Repository

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center

Identification

C0090

Title

John C. Becher Soldier Show collection 1940-1953

URL:

http://sca.gmu.edu/finding_aids/becher.html

Quantity

9 Linear Feet, (17 boxes)

General Physical Description note

(17 boxes)

Creator

Becher, John C.

Language

English .

Abstract

The John C. Becher Soldier Show collection contains entertainment materials written by and for the United States military during and immediately following World War II. The collection is arranged by material type and entertainment themes.

Administrative Information

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Preferred Citation

John C. Becher Soldier Show collection, Collection #C0090, Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University Libraries.

Acquisition Information

Collection donated by John C. Becher in 1979 through Harold Arburg, Director of Arts and Humanities, U.S. Office of Education.

Processing Information

Processed by Special Collections and Archives staff. EAD markup completed in February 2009 by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty.

Historical Information

Keeping morale high was important during the war. This was recognized at the highest military levels. General George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff, for example, stressed the importance of maintaining high morale: "Napoleon evaluated morale over material as three to one. I believe that recent experiences indicate a re-estimate of this value - the odds being near five to one, or probably even ten to one in some instances in favor of the psychological factor" (Morale Program, box 7 folder 2 page 7). Programs and services that maintained or heightened morale covered a wide range - athletics, libraries, religion, education - and none was more important than entertainment, which is well-represented by the materials in the Becher Collection.

Entertaining troops during World War II was an enormous enterprise. The celebrated USO-Camp Shows was a civilian-based organization that provided professional entertainment for the Armed Forces. The U.S. Army Motion Picture Service was a non-profit organization that sponsored movie theaters to ease the transition from civilian to military life. A related group, the U.S.O. Mobile Motion Picture Service, showed films to overseas troops. Whereas these organizations provided passive forms of entertainment, the Entertainment Section of the Army Special Services Division took a different approach. They actually included the soldiers in creating their own entertainment. These were called Soldier Shows.

Soldier Shows were made by soldiers for soldiers. The principal objective was to achieve mass participation. A wide range of talent was employed in creating Soldier Shows - including singers, dancers, actors, orators, trivia buffs, costume and scenery makers, artists, and carpenters. Because mass participation by military personnel was encouraged, the program had a virtually unlimited field to draw on.

Soldiers participating in Soldier Shows acted in skits and plays, sang musical numbers, performed comedy routines, quizzed other soldiers, and made arts and crafts. Such activities forged common bonds among the troops and provided emotional links to their homeland. Soldier Shows were particularly effective in boosting the morale of hospitalized soldiers. The therapeutic value of Soldier Shows played an important role in the physical and mental rehabilitation of injured soldiers.

Soldier Shows were remarkably effective in boosting morale. In fact, reports have shown that the program was one of the easiest and most effective ways to combat low morale. (Morale Program, box 1 folder 2 page 7). General Dwight D. Eisenhower, in a back-stage visit to the cast who put on a Soldier Show in North Africa, praised their usefulness in the war effort: "You are entertaining soldiers. You are not fighting with guns - but your job is just as important. As long as you are doing your job well . . . you will be rendering a service, and a great one, to your fellow soldiers and your country" (Morale Program, box 1 folder 2 page 7).

Scope and Content

Most of the items in the collection are Soldier Shows, entertainments written to amuse overseas troops and to boost morale. Produced by the Army Special Services Division, the scripts were written by professional and amateur playwrights. Many were created by military personnel attending the Special Services School in Lexington, Virginia (1943-1946). The collection also includes: newspaper and magazine clippings, war humor, poems, blackouts, quizzes, crafts manuals, original songs, song parodies, sheet music, flyers, pamphlets, theatrical manuals and guides, lesson plans and lectures, production ideas, and comedy routines. There are also several military-issued Pocket Guides to foreign lands, including guides to Burma, Germany, Greece, West Africa, Italy, and Great Britain.

Performing arts
Soldiers -- Recreation
Theater
Theater and society
United States -- Armed Forces -- Military life
United States. Army Service Forces. Special Service Division
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Theater and the war

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

Becher, John C.

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

United States -- Armed Forces -- Military life

Container List

John C. Becher Soldier Show collection

Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 1
The Bells Are Ringing

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Script by unknown
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 2
The Captains and the Kings

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Script by Leo Lieberman
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 3
Conversations in the Dark

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Script by William Hanley
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 4
Dear Me, the Sky Is Falling

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Script by Leonard Spigelgass
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 5
Ding Dong Bell

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Script by Gurney Campbell and Daphne Athas
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 6
Ding Dong Bell

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Script by Gurney Campbell and Daphne Athas
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 7
Fifth from Garbaldi (The Man Who Made the Mountain Shake)

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Script by Paddy Chayefsky
Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 8
The Heavenly Twins

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Script by Louis Kronenberger
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 1
I Giveth and Giveth

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Script by Phoebe Ephron and Henry Ephron
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 2
Jolly's Progress

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Script by Lonnie Coleman
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 3
Leaven of Malice

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Script by Robertson Davies
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 4
Libby (Dear Me, the Sky is Falling)

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Script by Leonard Spigelgass
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 5
The Mackerel Plaza

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Script by William McCleery
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 6
A Majority of One

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Script by Leonard Spigelgass
Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 7
A Passage to India

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Script by Santha Rama Rau
Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 1
Roots

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Script by Arnold Wesker
Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 2
Seidman and Son

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Script by Elick Moll
Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 3
Semi - Detached

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Script by Patricia Joudry
Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 4
Sunrise at Campobello

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Script by Dore Schary
Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 5
Third Best Sport

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Script by Michael Howard
Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 6
The Tunnel of Love

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Script by Joseph Fields and Peter de Vries
Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 7
The Unsinkable Mrs. Brown

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Script by Richard Morris
Mixed Materials box: 3A folder: 1
The Unsinkable Mrs. Brown

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Script by Richard Morris
Mixed Materials box: 3A folder: 2
The Unsinkable Molly Brown

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Script by Richard Morris
Mixed Materials box: 3A folder: 3
Venus at Large

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Script by Henry Denker
Mixed Materials box: 3A folder: 4
A Way of Life

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Script by Murray Schisgal
Mixed Materials box: 3A folder: 5
The Wayward Stork

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Script by Harry Tugend
Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 1
Soldier Shows, Vol. I
1943
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"The Reluctant Draftee" and "Ten Minute Break": Two Complete Soldier Shows
Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 2
Soldier Shows, Vol. VI
1943
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Comedy Acts and Minstrel Show Material
Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 3
Soldier Shows, Vol. VII
1943
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Revue Sketches Vaudeville Comedy Acts
Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 4
Soldier Shows, Vol. VIII
1943
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"Take it or Leave It": A Humorous Quiz Book
Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 5
Soldier Shows, Vol. IX
1943
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Abbott and Costello, Burns and Allen, Fred Allen, Charlie McCarthy, Fibber McGee and Molly: Comedy Scenes
Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 6
Soldier Shows, Vol. X
1943
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Soldier Shows Guide
Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 7
Soldier Shows, Vol. XI
1943
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The Army Play by Play: Five Prize-Winning One-Act Plays
Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 8
Soldier Shows, Vol. XII
1944
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Blackouts and Sketches
Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 9
Soldier Shows, Vol. XV
1944
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GI: Prize Winning Blackouts
Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 10
Soldier Shows, Vol. XVI
1944
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G.I. Revues: 10 Package Shows
Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 11
Soldier Shows, Vol. XVII
1945
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G.I. One Act Plays
Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 12
Soldier Shows, Vol. XVIII
1945
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Chillers and Thrillers: A Book of Mystery Sketches
Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 13
Soldier Shows, Vol. XIX
1945
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MC Jackpot Available in digital format.
Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 14
Soldier Shows, Vol. XX
1945
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Skits and Bits
Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 1
Hi Yank!: The Army Show

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Soldier Shows "Blueprint Special"
Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 2
OK,USA: A Guide Book in Music and Comedy
June 1945
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Soldier Shows "Blueprint Special"
Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 3
P.F.C. Mary Brown: A WAC Musical Revue

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Soldier Shows "Blueprint Special"
Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 1
Soldier Shows: Hospital Entertainment Guide No. 1

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Blackouts, Sketches, Quizzes, Parodies, Games
Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 2
Soldier Shows: Hospital Entertainment Guide No. 2

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Games, Puzzles, Quizzes
Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 3
Soldier Shows: Hospital Entertainment Guide No. 3

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"Bedzapoppin", (A Revue), Games, Quizzes
Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 4
Soldier Shows: Hospital Entertainment Guide No. 4
Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 5
Soldier Shows: hospital Entertainment Guide No. 5
Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 6
Soldier Shows: Hospital Entertainment Guide No. 6
June 1945
Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 7
Soldier Shows: Hospital Entertainment Guide No. 7
October 1945
Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 8
Soldier Shows: Hospital Entertainment Guide No. 8
December 1945
Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 9
Soldier Shows: Hospital Entertainment Guide No. 6 [No. 9]
November 1945
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"No. 6" is corrected by hand to "No. 9"
Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 10
"At Ease," Vol. I
1942
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Comedy Sketches
Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 11
"At Ease," Vol. II
1942
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Minstrel Shows with Music
Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 12
"At Ease," Vol. III
1942
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Music and Lyrics for Musical Comedies and Revues
Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 13
"At Ease," Vol. IV
1943
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Musical Opening Choruses, Finales and Production Numbers for Soldier Shows
Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 14
"At Ease," Vol. XIII
1944
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Time Out
Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 1
Fourth Service Command Enlisted Men's Conference on Soldier Shows
November 22-26, 1943
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Held at Fort McPherson, Georgia
Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 2
Fourth Service Command Morale Program
April 25, 1944
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Held at Atlanta, Georgia
Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 3
Soldier Shows: 26 Weeks Entertainment Program for Service Commands, Part I
September 3 - October 14, 1944
Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 4
Soldier Shows: 26 Weeks Entertainment Program for Service Commands, Part II
October 15 - November 11, 1944
Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 5
Soldier Shows: 26 Weeks Entertainment Program for Service Commands, Part III
November 12 - December 9, 1944
Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 6
Soldier Shows: 26 Weeks Entertainment Program for Service Commands, Part IV
December 10, 1944 - January 6, 1945
Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 7
Soldier Shows: 26 Weeks Entertainment Program for Service Commands, Part V
January 7 - February 3, 1945
Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 8
Soldier Shows: 26 Weeks Entertainment Program for Service Commands, Part VI
February 4 - March 3, 1945
Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 9
Soldier Shows: 26 Weeks Entertainment Program for Service Commands, Part VII
March 1945
Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 10
Soldier Shows: 26 Weeks Entertainment Program for Service Commands, Part VIII
April 1945
Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 11
Soldier Shows: 26 Weeks Entertainment Program for Service Commands, Part IX
May 1945
Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 12
Soldier Shows: 26 Weeks Entertainment Program for Service Commands, Part X
June 1945
Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 13
Soldier Shows: 26 Weeks Entertainment Program for Service Commands, Part XI
July 1945
Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 14
Soldier Shows: 26 Weeks Entertainment Program for Service Commands, Part XII
August 5 - September 1, 1945
Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 15
Soldier Shows: Entertainment Guide No. 1

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Reception Center: Blackouts, Parodies, Games
Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 16
Soldier Shows: Entertainment Guide No. 2

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Reception Center, Blackouts, Parodies, Revues
Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 17
Soldier Handicrafts
June 1945
Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 1
Soldier Shows, Folio No. 18

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Entertainment Section: Radio and Theatrical Material: Skits, Blackouts, Sketches
Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 2
Soldier Shows, Folio No. 19

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Radio and Theatrical Material: Skits, Blackouts, Sketches Available in digital format.
Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 3
Soldier Shows, Folio No. 20

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Radio and Theatrical Material: Skits, Blackouts, Sketches
Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 4
Soldier Shows, Folio No. 21

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Radio and Theatrical Material: Skits, Blackouts, Sketches
Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 5
Soldier Shows, Folio No. 22

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Radio and Theatrical Material: Skits, Blackouts, Sketches
Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 6
Soldier Shows, Folio No. 23

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Radio and Theatrical Material: Skits, Blackouts, Sketches
Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 7
Soldier Shows, Folio No. 24

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It's the G.I. State Fair
Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 8
Soldier Shows, Folio No. 24

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It's the G.I. State Fair
Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 9
Soldier Shows, Folio No. 25

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Thanksgiving, Mock Election, Revues, Parodies, Blackouts, Radio Scripts, Crossovers
Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 10
Soldier Shows, Folio No. 27

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Murder Mystery, Production Numbers, Revues, Parodies, Blackouts, Radio Scripts, Crossovers
Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 11
Soldier Shows, Folio No. 28

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Broadway Special Featuring New York's latest Hit "The Hasty Heart," Revues, Parodies, Blackouts, Radio Scripts, Crossovers
Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 12
Soldier Shows, Folio No. 29

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Folio Highlights, Revues, Parodies, Blackouts, Radio Scripts, Crossovers
Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 13
Soldier Shows, Folio No. 30

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Entertainment Grab Bag, Revues, Parodies, Blackouts, Radio Scripts, Crossovers
Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 14
Soldier Shows

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Sketches, Crossover, Quizzes, Revues, Blackouts, Parodies
Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 1
Soldier Shows, Folio No. 6

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Radio and Theatrical Material: Skits, Blackouts, Sketches
Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 2
Soldier Shows, Folio No. 7

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Radio and Theatrical Material: Skits, Blackouts, Sketches
Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 3
Soldier Shows, Folio No. 8

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Radio and Theatrical Material: Skits, Blackouts, Sketches
Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 4
Soldier Shows, Folio No. 9

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Radio and Theatrical Material: Skits, Blackouts, Sketches
Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 5
Soldier Shows, Folio No. 10

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Radio and Theatrical Material: Skits, Blackouts, Sketches
Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 6
Soldier Shows, Folio No. 11

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Radio and Theatrical Material: Skits, Blackouts, Sketches
Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 7
Soldier Shows, Folio No. 12

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Radio and Theatrical Material: Skits, Blackouts, Sketches
Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 8
Soldier Shows, Folio No. 13

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Radio and Theatrical Material: Skits, Blackouts, Sketches
Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 9
Soldier Shows, Folio no. 14

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Radio and Theatrical Material: Skits, Blackouts, Sketches
Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 10
Soldier Shows, Folio No. 15

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Radio and Theatrical Material: Skits, Blackouts, Sketches
Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 11
Soldier Shows, Folio No. 16

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Radio and Theatrical Material: Skits, Blackouts, Sketches
Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 12
Soldier Shows, Folio No. 17

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Radio and Theatrical Material: Skits, Blackouts, Sketches
Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 1
Lesson Plans for Special Services
February 4, 1944
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Schedules 1 - 14
Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 2
Paper Craft for G.I. Shows

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Stage instructions and hand drawn costume and set images
Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 3
Decorations for Christmas Entertainment
October 6, 1943
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Stage instructions and hand drawn costume and set images
Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 4
Fox Movietone News

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Music score
Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 5
Literary Quotes
Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 6
Parody on "The Little Brown Jug"
Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 7
You Gave Me K.P.

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Parody on contemporary song
Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 8
Through Channels: A Comedy in Too Many Acts
1942
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Script by Barnett Shaw
Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 9
Confessions of an ExOCS Man
July 4, 1942
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Story by Sidney P. Goldman
Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 10
Confessions of an ExOCS Man
July 4, 1942
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Story by Sidney P. Goldman
Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 11
What to Do in Case of an Air Raid

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War humor
Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 12
What to Do in Case of an Air Raid

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War humor
Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 13
Epitaph

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Poem by Shakespeare?
Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 14
The Wolf

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Poem
Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 15
How to Be a Success in the Army: Know Your Army Terms

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War humor
Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 16
Latest War Bulletin
Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 17
Poem
Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 18
Letter From Hornie [Homie?] V.

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"...army life and what the average soldier has to put up with."
Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 19
"Selective Service Blues" and "The Soldiers Prayer, 1941"

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Poems
Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 20
War Dictionary
June 11
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War humor by Herb Graffis
Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 21
Nice Job if You Can Get It!

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Script
Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 22
The Girl Friend Air Corps Model W O W

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War humor
Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 23
A Supply officer Tears Off a Hot Love Letter

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By Cpl. Adolph Abramson
Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 24
So I Think I'm Stupid

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Article by Weare Holbrook
Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 25
Navy Department: SPARS
June 1, 1943
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War humor
Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 26
Credo of Men at Arms
October 1941
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War humor by Robert T. Souter in Esquire, p. 65
Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 27
Chow Hounds General Orders

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War humor
Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 28
The Doughboy's Dream
February 27, 1943
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Script by Ben Hecht in Collier's, pp. 11-13, 37-39
Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 29
What's the Score?

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"A Soldier's Reminder of the War's Background, Its Purpose and Its Prospects"; Script by Sgt. Fred Stewart
Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 30
The Drunkard

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"An old-fashioned melodrama in two acts"
Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 31
Quiz Program
September 23, 1944
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"Used at SSMS"
Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 32
Untitled
April 18, 1944
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Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) broadcast; Script by Norman Corwin
Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 33
Pie and Box Supper and Patriotic Mass Meeting - Flyer
February 9
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Held at Fairview School Auditorium
Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 34
The Moon is Down - Flyer
October 25
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John Steinbeck's play, presented by the Tulsa Little Theater Group in War Department, at Theater No. 2, Camp Crowder, Missouri
Mixed Materials box: 10 folder: 35
Technical Manual for WAAC, M1
September 11, 1942
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War humor
Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 1
Curtain Going Up
July 21, 1945
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Blackouts, Crossovers and Parodies for WAC Variety Nights
Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 2
Soldier Shows: Staging Area and Transport Entertainment Guide

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Blackouts, Sketches, Quizzes, Parodies and Games
Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 3
Amateur Theatrical Manual
1941
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Prepared by the National Theater Conference and the Morale Branch of the United States Army
Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 4
Public Speaking
1942-1943
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Speech Work Material by Doyle Virginia Cockrell, San Antonio Vocational and Technical High School
Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 5
Soldier Theatricals: Proposed Guide

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"The attached suggestions are furnished for the purpose of assisting the Theatrical Technical Advisor in the many problems which arise in the producing, directing, rehearsing and presentation of soldier theatricals." Available in digital format.
Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 6
Soldier Theatricals: Bulletin V

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The Production Staff, Principles of Directing and Acting, Production of One-Act and Full-Length Plays
Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 7
Scripts of Typical Soldier Shows
Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 8
Production Ideas For a G.I. Variety Show

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Distributed by the Special Services Division, A.S.F.
Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 9
Soldier Shows, Folio No. 2

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Radio and Theatrical Material, Skits, Blackouts, Sketches
Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 10
Entertainment Section, No. 8

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Sixty-Second Blackouts
Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 11
Entertainment Section, No. 12

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Musical Quizzical
Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 12
Soldier Show Pamphlet, Project #1

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Fourth Service Command Soldier Show Conferences
Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 13
Pattern for Fundamental All-Soldier Variety Show (#1), Project #2

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Fourth Service Command Soldier Shows
Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 14
Pattern for Fundamental All-Soldier Variety Show (#1), Project #2

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Fourth Service Command Soldier Shows
Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 15
The Soldier Show Work Shop, Project #3

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Fourth Service Command Soldier Shows
Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 16
Abbott and Costello Prison Routine, Script I

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"For the entertainment of the Armed Forces overseas" Available in digital format.
Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 17
Charlie McCarthy Circus Routine, Script II

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"For the entertainment of the Armed Forces overseas"
Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 18
Abbott and Costello Sea Spot, Script III

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"For the entertainment of the Armed Forces overseas" Available in digital format.
Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 19
Abbott and Costello New Radio Station Routine, Script IV

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"For the entertainment of the Armed Forces overseas" Available in digital format.
Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 20
Abbott and Costello Gymnasium Routine, Script V

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"For the entertainment of the Armed Forces overseas" Available in digital format.
Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 21
Burlesque on Early Morning Program, Script VII
Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 22
Abbott and Costello Second Spot - Court Routine, Script VIII

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"For the entertainment of the Armed Forces overseas" Available in digital format.
Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 23
Burlesque of Radio Program #3, Script IX

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"For the entertainment of the Armed Forces overseas"
Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 24
Sketch Material for Camp Radio Show: Golf Lesson Routine, Script X

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Prepared by the Radio Section, Headquarters Branch Office
Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 25
Abbott and Costello Substitute Comedy Routine, Script XI

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"For the entertainment of the Armed Forces overseas" Available in digital format.
Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 26
Newspaper Routine #2, Script XII

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"For the entertainment of the Armed Forces overseas"
Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 27
Sketch Material for Camp Radio Show: Dude Ranch Routine, Script XIII

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Prepared by the Radio Section, Headquarters Branch Office
Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 28
Abbott and Costello Robin Hood Sketch, Script XIV

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"For the entertainment of the Armed Forces overseas" Available in digital format.
Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 29
Abbott and Costello Routing #1, Script XV

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"For the entertainment of the Armed Forces overseas" Available in digital format.
Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 30
Minstrel Show #2, Script XVI
Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 31
If Soldiers Selected Their Clothes as Women Do, Script XVII

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by Robert Riley Crutcher, presented by the Special Service Division of the War Department
Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 32
Reveille Revue, Script XVIII

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presented by the Special Service Division of the War Department Available in digital format.
Mixed Materials box: 11 folder: 33
Minstrel Show #1, Script XIX

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Presented by the Special Services Division of the War Department
Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 1
A and R - Trocities

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Skit by Lt. W.P. Moore; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 2
Airplane Skecth

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 3
"Always on K.P." and "The First Hundred Years"

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Song parodies; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 4
"Always on K.P." and "The First Hundred Years"

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Song parodies; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 5
An Order

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 6
The Army Made an Actor Out of Me

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Words and music by Sgt. J. C. Lewis; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 7
As the Movies See Us

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Skit by Cpl. Raymond Simon; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 8
Ballet Invades the Drama

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 9
Barker's Spiel

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 10
Barker's Spiel

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 11
Blackouts

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Various skits; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 12
Blackouts and Production Numbers

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Various skits and production numbers; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 13
Blackout Sketch

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 14
Blackout Sketch (With Corn)

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Skit by Lt. D. W. Todd; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 15
Boston

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 16
Brooklyn

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 17
Cinderella

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 18
Clown Production Number

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Various production numbers; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 19
Clubcar Interlude

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 20
Collection of Skits and Blackouts

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Various skits; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 21
Commercials

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Skit by Lt. Frank J. Conboy; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 22
Complaint Department

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 23
Courtroom Blackout

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 24
Crackpot Cockrell's Public Speaking Classes

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Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 25
The Sate Bureau

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 26
Day Room

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 27
A Day with Tojo

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Skit by Arnold M. Auerbach; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 28
Doctor Fradler's Dilemma

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 29
The Doctor's Invention

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 30
Don't Send out Your Laundry Till the C.O. Sees Your Act

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Musical parody by Corporals Tom Adair and Joe Twerp; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 31
Double Exposure

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 32
Dream Department

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 33
Dream Department

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 34
Dream On, Soldier

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 35
Duffy's Tavern

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By Red Graham; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 36
Duffy's Tavern

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By Red Graham; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 37
Duffy's Tavern

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Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 38
The Editor

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Skit by Frank J. Conboy; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 39
Election Scene

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 40
Facing the Facts

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Skit by Gene Lockhart; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 41
Faithful Servant

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 42
First Epistle to the Selected

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Skit by Pfc. Harold Fleming; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 43
Five Short Ones

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Various skits by Lt. W. Toll; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 44
40 Below

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Skit by Pfc. M. Sternberg; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 45
40 Below

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Skit by Pfc. M. Sternberg; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 46
For Meritorious Service: A Ten Minute Skit

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 47
Free and Equal Blues

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Song lyrics; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 48
Free and Equal Blues

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Song lyrics; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 49
Freedom of the Air

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Skit by George S. Kaufman; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 1
Gielgud

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 2
The Good Nazi: A War-Orientation Play in One Act

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Skit by Pvt. Ivan Tors; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 3
Goofin' Off

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Skit by 2 Lt. Frank J. Conboy; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 4
Granny Cracks the WACs or Vise Versa

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Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 5
Harmones

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 6
Have You a Little Dictator in Your Home

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Skit by Henry Blankfort and Bert Lawrence; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 7
Heckling Routine

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 8
Hollywood

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 9
Hospital Bit

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 10
Hospital Bit

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 11
How Green Was My Rookie

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Skit by Gene Lockhart; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 12
If Men Played Cards As Women Do

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 13
If Men Played Cards As Women Do

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 14
I Get Nothin' But respect: Song Sketch for WAC Lieutenant

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Skit by Pfc. M. Sternberg; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 15
I Have Friend Too

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Skit by Lt. Etter; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 16
Incident at the Gate: Blackout

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Skit by S/Sgt. Chuck Allen; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 17
Joining the Army

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Skit by Pfc. Charles Roth; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 18
Joining the Army

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Skit by Pfc. Charles Roth; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 19
Just Sign Here

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Skit by Salem Ludwig and Joseph R. Horenstein; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 20
Keep 'Em Filing

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Song parody and stage directions by H. Shaffer; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 21
K-K-K-Katy

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Skit by S/Sgt. Robert N. Mazer and Sgt. Abe Laufe; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 22
K-K-K-Katy

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Skit by S/Sgt. Robert N. Mazer and Sgt. Abe Laufe; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 12 folder: 23
Lamour Toujours Lamour

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 24
Latrine, Incorporated

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 25
Lecture

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 26
Lecture on Aviation

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 27
Lexington Lunatic Asylum

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Skit by Lt. J. R. Humphreys;Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 28
The Lorelle

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Skit by Paul Price; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 13 folder: 29
The Love-Test

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Skit by 2 Lt. Vernon Stone; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 1
The Man on Top

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 2
Message Center

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 3
Message Center

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 4
Military Courtesy

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Skit by Lt. McLean; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 5
Military Drill Scene

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 6
Military Fantasia: Strictly G.I.

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Song lyrics; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 7
Military Tactics

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Skit by Gene Lockhart; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 8
Miss America

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 9
Mr. Guffy has the Las Word

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 10
A Mock Opera with Apologies to the Metropolitan

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Skit by S/Sgt. Robert N. Mazer; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 11
M. P. Brigade

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Song lyrics; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 12
My Bit

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Skit by Lt. G. [?] Carr; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 13
Nazi Intelligence Office

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Skit by Lt. Jack Hill; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 14
New Yorker Cartoon Bit

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Skit by Lt. Jack Hill; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 15
Nomenclature of the Handkerchief

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 16
Oh, My Achin' Back

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Song lyrics; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 17
Orientale: With No Apologies to Abbot and Costello

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 18
Orientation Lecture

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 19
Out on the Waterfront

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 20
Pantomime with Incidental Words
September 12, 1944
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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 21
The Perils of Fanny -or- Tain't a Fit Nite Out fer Anybody

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Newspaper clipping; Skit by Lt. Alexander B. Reed; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 22
Prince Meesa Ma Shina Badust

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 23
Private Property

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 24
Problem

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Skit by Pfc. Michael Ames; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 25
Problem

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Skit by Pfc. Michael Ames; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 26
Prologue

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 27
Revolt of Beavers (Eager)

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 28
R.H.I.P.

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Skit by Lt. Robert P. Crawford; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 29
Riddle Bit

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 30
The Road to Roanoke

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 31
'Y' Playhouse Revue: Rudolph Rassendale

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 32
The Russian Spy

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 33
The Russian Spy

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 34
Questions for Truth or Consequences

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Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 35
The Sad Saga of a Sea Going Soldier

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Skit by Lt's Baskind and English; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 36
Selective Service

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Skit by Gene Lockhart; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 37
Send in the Bench

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 38
Sergeants

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Skit by W. P. Moore; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 39
The Sergeant's Reprimand

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Story by D. L. Champion; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 40
A Sex Talk with Junior

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Skit by Sam Locke; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 41
Sgt. Swami

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Skit by Pfc. Alfred D. Geto; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 42
Sgt. Swami

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Skit by Pfc. Alfred D. Geto; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 43
Sign Reading -- Orientation -- Ballet Music

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Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 44
A Slight Case of Murder

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 45
The Soldier's Deck of Cards

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Skit from Our Sunday Visitor (Catholic Editorial) Huntington, Indiana; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 46
Special Orders

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 47
Soldier Shows Ideas for Sketches

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Ideas by Cpl. Don Mann; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 48
Stand In

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Skit by S/Sgt. A. Hamilton; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 49
Stream-Lined Calisthenics

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Skit by Pfc. Michael Ames; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 50
Stream-Lined Calisthenics

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Skit by Pfc. Michael Ames; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 51
Strictly GI

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Skit by Arnold Auerbach; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 52
Supermaniacs

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by Pvt. R. Weil; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 14 folder: 53
Swing Low, Sweet Juliet

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Skit by Sgt. Abe Laufe; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 1
Tabloid Version of a Typical G.I. Show: So Is That

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Skit by S/Sgt. Robert M. Mazer and Sgt. Abe Laufe; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 2
Tank Destroyer Show

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 3
A Ten Minute Break: A Brief Comic Interlude About the Army

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Skit by Sgt. Fred Stewart; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 4
This Aint Personal Affairs

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 5
Three Short Blackouts

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Skits: March of Time; Eskimo Courtesy; Superstition; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 6
Three Songs

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Songs: Special Service Song by John Baker; I've Got Enthusiasm; Ballet and Opening; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 7
'Tis Pity She's a WAC -or- The Triumph of Virtue over the Curse of T.C. 87

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Skit by 1 Lt. Bob Wellington; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 8
Tooth Opera

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 9
A Triangular Division -or- Pardon Me!

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Skit by 2 Lt. WMA. Page; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 10
Try Again

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 11
Twenty-Three Skidoo!

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 12
Two of a Kind

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Skit by Sgt. Max Behm; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 13
Two of a Kind

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Skit by Sgt. Max Behm; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 14
Two Touts

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Skit by Captain Leonard Blair; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 15
Uniform - Class "L"

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 16
United Nations on the March

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 17
Untitled

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 18
Untitled

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 19
Untitled

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 20
Untitled

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 21
Untitled

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 22
The Vargas Holiday Girl

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Production suggestions by Sgt. Hez Dufenthaler; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 23
Vermont

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 24
The Voice of SPS

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Skit by Pfc. Ed Rush Rubin; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 25
The Women

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Skit by 2 Lt. F. J. Conboy; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 26
Windy's Halfway House

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 27
What's Your Problem

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 28
Welcome

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 29
We Are the Gals from De Boilecue

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Skit by S/Sgt. Robert Mazer; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 30
WACs Fifth Ave.

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 31
WACs Fifth Ave.

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 32
WACs Fifth Ave.

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 33
Walking in My Sleep

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Song by Lt. R. S. Beck; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 15 folder: 34
You Can't Beat Fate

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Skit; Item written by personnel going to school for Special Services in Lexington, Virginia 1943-1946
Mixed Materials box: 16 folder: 1
The Pot Boiler

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Script by Alice Gerstenberg
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Face the Facts, WAACS

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Script
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T S Buddy!

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A Musical Revue in Five Scenes by Arthur A. Noyes, Murray L. Grand, Lionel N. Lile, and Morton J. Green
Mixed Materials box: 16 folder: 4
Soldier Theatricals - Lecture #1

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Fundamental Purpose of Soldier Shows in Army Recreation
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Soldier Theatricals - Lecture #1

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Fundamental Purpose of Soldier Shows in Army Recreation
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Soldier Theatricals - Lecture #2

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The Function of the Special Service Officer as to Soldier Shows
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Soldier Theatricals - Lecture #4

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Informal Theatricals
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Soldier Theatricals - Lecture #5

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Production Planning Meetings
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Soldier Theatricals - Lecture #6

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Soldier Production Organization
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Soldier Theatricals - Lecture #7

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Soldier Stagecraft
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Stand In

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Script
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Tattoo

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Blackout by Lt. W. P. Moore
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Small Games for Small People

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Blackout by Lt. Bob Eastright
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Dasterdy Rides Again -or- Never End a Sentence with a Proposition

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Script
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Dasterdy Rides Again -or- Never End a Sentence with a Proposition

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Script
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Dasterdy Rides Again -or- Never End a Sentence with a Proposition

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Script
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Blackouts

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Blackouts by Lois Landauer
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Revue Sketches, Comedy Acts, Blackouts

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Prepared by the Entertainment Section, Special Services Branch, Royal Canadian Air Force
Mixed Materials box: 16 folder: 19
The Fifth Hi Neighbor Show on this Island

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Script
Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 1
Burma
1943
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Pocket Guide prepared by Special Services Division, Services of Supply, United States Army
Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 2
Germany
1944
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Pocket Guide prepared by Army Information Branch, Army Service Forces, United States Army
Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 3
Great Britain
May 1952
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Pocket Guide prepared by Office of Armed Forces Information and Education, Department of Defense
Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 4
Italian: A Guide to the Spoken Language
June 1943
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Language Guide prepared by the War Department
Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 5
Italy
September 1952
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Pocket Guide prepared by Office of Armed Forces Information and Education, Department of Defense
Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 6
Netherlands: East Indies
1944
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Pocket Guide prepared by Special Services Division, Army Service Forces, United States Army
Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 7
New Caledonia
April 1944
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Pocket Guide prepared by Army Information Branch, A.S.F., United States Army
Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 8
Greece
August 1953
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Pocket Guide prepared by Office of Armed Forces Information and Education, Department of Defense
Mixed Materials box: 17 folder: 9
West Africa
1943
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Pocket Guide prepared by Special Service Division, Army Service Forces, United States Army