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Ken Carpenter comes back to the microphone with help from Paul Douglas and Joan Alexander to welcome Bob Crosby, Jerry Colonna, and Kay Starr, and to present a special show for military men and women that stars Bing Crosby and features Frances Langford, Johnny Mercer, and Vic Schoen with his orchestra.

Ken Carpenter, assisted by Paul Douglas and Joan Alexander, returns to the microphone to welcome Bob Crosby, Jerry Colonna, and Kay Starr, and to introduce a special show for the armed forces, which is starred by Bing Crosby and includes Frances Langford, Johnny Mercer, and Vic Schoen and his orchestra.

Command Performance was a radio program which originally aired between 1942 and 1949. The program was broadcast on the Armed Forces Radio Network (AFRS) and transmitted by shortwave to overseas troops — but with few exceptions, it was not broadcast over domestic U.S. radio stations.

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