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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
N/A	gi journal 440712 afrs 052 bing crosby linda darnell [000]	+ Program #52. AFRS origination. The first tune is, "Snoqualamie Joe." A secretary for Andy Devine.
N/A	gi journal 440826 afrs 059 joe e brown [000]	+ Program #59. AFRS origination. The Chariotters sing, "Take The Night Train To Memphis." Cass Daley...
N/A	gi journal 441006 afrs 065 ed sullivan, milton berle, andy russell [274]	+ Program #65. AFRS origination. The first tune is, "Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby?" The program...
N/A	gi journal 450800 afrs 108 robert young [000]	+ Program #108. AFRS origination. The Delta Rhythm Boys start the show with, "Snoqualimie Jo Jo."
N/A	gi journal xxxxxx afrs 148 mel blanc [000]	+ AFRS origination. This program may also have been re-issued as AFRS #148. The first tune is, "Wann...
N/A	gi journal xxxxxx afrs 152 jack carson [000]	+ AFRS origination. This program may also have been issued as AFRS #152. The first tune is, "Fine an...
N/A	gi journal xxxxxx afrs 163 john garfield ginny simms danny thomas [000]	+ AFRS origination. Jack gets trapped into proposing to a grotesque girl with two million bucks. The...
N/A	gi journal xxxxxx afrs 169 crosby marilyn maxwell l barrymore [000]	+ AFRS origination. The first tune is, "You belong To My Heart." Bing has a barracks fantasy when a ...
N/A	gi journal xxxxxx afrs 179 bob hope ann rutherford alan ladd [000]	+ AFRS origination. The first tune is, "The Choo Choo Polka."
N/A	gi journal xxxxxx afrs xxx basil rathbone helen forrest jack carson [000]	+ AFRS origination. The first tune is, "Snoqualamie Joe." A secretary for Andy Devine.
09.10.1943	gi journal (009) first song – wait for me mary
09.24.1943	gi journal (011) first song macnamara’s band
10.08.1943	gi journal (015) guest bing crosby	+ Program #15. AFRS origination. The above date is the recording date. The program was released duri...
10.09.1943	gi journal (012) first song thank your lucky stars	+ Program #12. AFRS origination. The program was released November, 1943. The first tune is, "Thank ...
10.22.1943	gi journal (014) first song – stealin’ apples	+ Program #14. AFRS origination. The program was released in November or December, 1943. The first t...
11.19.1943	gi journal (020) first song suwannee	+ Program #17. AFRS origination. The first tune is, "Swanee." Ish Kabibble reads his poems, Linda Da...
11.26.1943	gi journal (018) first song – pushing sand	Program #18. AFRS origination. The first tune is, "Pushing Sand." Kay Kyser does not appear on the p...
12.11.1943	gi journal (020) first song – paper doll
12.31.1943	gi journal (026) first song moon of mansukka
01.14.1944	gi journal (028) first song pagan love song	+ Program #24. AFRS origination. Kay Kyser and His Orchestra start the program with, "The Pagan Love...
01.22.1944	gi journal (029) first song you were so right	+ AFRS origination. Garry Moore has written his life story. It's called, "Forever Moore." Peggy Lee ...
02.11.1944	gi journal (031) first song i know that you know	+ AFRS origination. The first tune is, "I Know That You Know." The date is subject to correction.
02.18.1944	gi journal (033) first song iowa	+ AFRS origination. The first tune is "Iowa," sing by Bing Crosby. Ransom Sherman reads G.I. poetry,...
03.03.1944	gi journal (033) first song shoo shoo baby	+ AFRS origination. The first tune is, "Shoo Shoo Baby." The program ends with a "community sing" of...
N/A	gi journal xxxxxx afrs 170 kay kyser herry colona gary cooper [000]

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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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