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G. I. Jive (AFRS) Benny Goodman – Bugle Call Rag. ep703, 1944

Vintage advertisement from The Saturday Evening Post titled "1,001 Ways Soap Helps to Win the War!" by Procter & Gamble. It includes images of military parachutes, a soldier, and workers in factories, showcasing soap's utility in the war effort—cleaning uniforms, preserving materials, and more. The text emphasizes soap's role in both military and home settings. The bottom features the Procter & Gamble logo and the slogan promoting the importance of soap in peace and war.

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  1. Benny Goodman plays, Bugle Call Rag.
  2. Long Ago and Far Away.
  3. Johnny Mercer sings, GI Jive.
  4. Harry James plays, Backbeat Boogie.

Note: YANK, The Army Weekly: From the beginning the Enlisted editors and writers knew what Enlisted men wanted. Jazz, laughs, and Pretty Girls.

Every issue featured a Pin-Up Girl. Cartoons were a part of the magazine, starting with Sad Sack, the hapless private who was “drafted” into the magazine in May 1942 and featured until he and the magazine were “formally discharged” in 1945.

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