Dick Haymes Helen Forrest

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Ken Carpenter runs the show, bringing music and laughs to the soldiers. Dick Haymes and "Four Hits and a Miss" sing "Oh Buttermilk Sky" for the 62nd Field Hospital. Helen Forrest performs a song for Seaman Al Winkler. The Saul Davis Trio plays "On the Sunny Side of the Street." The funny parts include Ken's jokes and Peter Lynn Hayes telling stories about regular life back home. The program wraps up by saying thanks to the AFRS.

Ken Carpenter hosts, entertaining troops with music and comedy. Dick Haymes and "Four Hits and a Miss" perform "Oh Buttermilk Sky" for the 62nd Field Hospital. Helen Forrest sings for Seaman Al Winkler. The Saul Davis Trio plays "On the Sunny Side of the Street." Comedy includes Ken's banter and Peter Lynn Hayes' civilian life tales. The show ends with thanks to the AFRS.

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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