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Ken Carpenter hosts a variety show with June Havoc, engaging in banter about New York and Hollywood. Connie Haynes performs "Dinky's Little Diner" and "Over and Back." The Johnny White Quartet plays "Mallets Are Flying." Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy add humor with a modern Little Red Riding Hood. The show is dedicated to U.S. troops.

Ken Carpenter runs a variety show alongside June Havoc, where they chat back and forth about New York and Hollywood. Connie Haynes sings "Dinky's Little Diner" and "Over and Back." The Johnny White Quartet performs "Mallets Are Flying." Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy bring laughs with their take on Little Red Riding Hood set in modern times. The program honors American soldiers.

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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