Joseph M. Thompson is an associate professor of history at Mississippi State University. He is the author of Cold War Country: How Nashville’s Music Row and the Pentagon Created the Sound of American Patriotism (University of North Carolina Press, 2024).
Joseph M. Thompson
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American Music, American War
In World War II, G.I.s waking up in a combat zone in Italy were reported to have belted out “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin,” a blockbuster smash of 1943.
