Loretta Young

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Host Loretta Young welcomes viewers and expresses gratitude to servicemen for their show requests. The program stars Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Shore, Oscar Levant, Charles Previn, and comedians Phil Silvers and Rags Ragland. Ransom Sherman leads the comedy sketch.

Loretta Young, in her role as chief hostess, greets the audience and thanks the men in the service for their requests. The show features Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Shore, Oscar Levant, Charles Previn, and Phil Silvers and Rags Ragland in comedy. Ransom Sherman presides over the skit.

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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