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GI Journal ran from 1944 to 1945 and has many famous guest such as Bing Crosby, Jack Benny, Bob Hope and many others. The variety show featured comedy skits and musical numbers to entertain the troops abroad. Click here to read more about G I Journal

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Please enjoy these 96 old time radio episodes:

Air Date	Title	Synopsis
04.06.1945	gi journal (090) guest robert benchley, linda darnell
04.13.1945	gi journal (090) guest monty woolley, william bendix	+ AFRS origination. The staff of the Journal adopts a French "baby." The .
04.13.1945	gi journal (091) guest monte wooley, william bendix
04.20.1945	gi journal (092) guest jack benny, connie haines	+ AFRS origination.
04.27.1945	gi journal (093) guest bob hope, lucille ball, rochester
05.04.1945	gi journal (093) guest bob hope	+ Program #92. AFRS origination.The GI Journal goes to press with editor and chief Bob Hope so you c...
05.11.1945	gi journal (094) first song – aren’t you glad you’re you	+ AFRS origination. The first tune is, "Aren't You Glad You're You." The .
05.18.1945	gi journal (095) first song wanna eat juanita	+ AFRS origination. This program may also have been re-issued as AFRS #148. The first tune is, "Wann...
06.08.1945	gi journal (098) guest joan blondell	+ AFRS origination. Arthur Treacher, Robert Benchley and Mel Blanc appear as junior hosts at a WAC c...
06.15.1945	gi journal (099) first song jeepers creepers	+ AFRS origination. The first tune is, "Jeepers, Creepers." Kay hasn't had much success with the gir...
06.22.1945	gi journal (100) topic burlesque	+ AFRS origination. The program was released in July, 1945. By G.I. request: A Burlesque edition. A ...
06.29.1945	gi journal (101) first song the choo choo polka	+ AFRS origination. The first tune is, "The Choo Choo Polka."
07.13.1945	gi journal (103) first song without a song	+ AFRS origination. The first tune is, "Without A Song."
08.31.1945	gi journal (110) first song snoqualomie jo jo	+ AFRS origination. The Delta Rhythm Boys start the show with, "Snoqualimie Jo Jo."
10.05.1945	gi journal (113) first song st james infirmary	+ AFRS origination. The first tune is, "Saint James Infirmary." The Journal is running a beauty cont...
11.17.1945	gi journal (078) first song there goes that song again	+ AFRS origination. The first tune is, "Little Coquette."
11.17.1945	gi journal (119) first song there goes that song again (repeat of )	+ AFRS origination. The first tune is, "Little Coquette."
11.24.1945	gi journal (120) first song her tears flowed like rain	+ AFRS origination. The first tune is, "Her Tears Flowed Like Wine."
01.12.1946	gi journal (127) first song baby won't you please come home
01.12.1946	gi journal (127) first song baby, won't you please come home
01.26.1946	gi journal (129) first song three little words	+ AFRS origination. Jack gets trapped into proposing to a grotesque girl with two million bucks. The...

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This show stars Robert Benchley as m.c., Mel Blanc, Linda Darnell, Dick Aurandt and the Armed Forces Radio Orchestra, Allen Jenkins, Connie Haines and Verna Felton. Harry Mitchell announces. It's the same show as that listed at 03.30.1945.

Steve LaVere

Like it's more famous cousin Command Performance, G.I. Journal was a transcribed series, edited together from separately recorded segments. The program was formatted as a military newspaper with each program’s guest host credited as "editor-in-chief," and the individual segments introduced as "columns." G.I. Journal aired from 1944 through 1946 over the Armed Forces Radio Service.

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