Records of the Office of the Secretary of the Army. 1903 - 2007. Audio Recordings From the "Army Hour" Program Series. 1956 - 1966. THE ARMY HOUR

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Records of the Office of the Secretary of the Army. 1903 - 2007. Audio Recordings From the "Army Hour" Program Series. 1956 - 1966. THE ARMY HOUR

1959

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NEWS PROGRAM: Army Band performs "The Army Goes Rolling Along" "Under and Out," as well as musical breaks. Army Chorus performs "This is the Army Hour!" Army Chorus, with Pianist, Sp. Paul Lyddon, performs Ludwig Von Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata." Army Field Band performs "Stratoliner." (1) Fort Churchill, Canada, Army helicopters aid the work of scientists. (2) Washington, D.C., Pentagon, Army Chief of Staff, Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, launches an Army-wide reading program. (3) ARMY GUEST HOUSE. Sgt. Gene Coughlin sings "Bless This House."

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Cosgrove, Donald M.

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Taylor, Maxwell D. (Maxwell Davenport), 1901-1987

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Maxwell Davenport Taylor (August 26, 1901 – April 19, 1987) was a senior United States Army officer and diplomat of the mid-20th century.[1] He served with distinction in World War II, most notably as commander of the 101st Airborne Division, nicknamed "The Screaming Eagles." After the war, he served as the fifth Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, having been appointed by President John F. Kennedy. He is the father of biographer and historian John Maxwell Taylor and of military historian ...

Eskind, David B., 1909-1992

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David B. Eskind (1909-1992), a radio scriptwriter and producer, was born in Nashville, Tennessee. He studied writing under Thornton Wilder at the University of Chicago, from which he graduated in 1934. For the next several years he wrote radio scripts for NBC and CBS. During World War II he served in the Army in the Pacific as a writer-producer of Army education and information programs. After the war he joined the staff of the Armed Forces Radio Service in Washington, D.C., where he became a ci...