Lisa Gilman is a professor of folklore and English at George Mason University and a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Refugee and Forced Displacement Initiative. Her publications include My Music, My War: The Listening Habits of U.S. Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan (Wesleyan University Press, 2016). She is currently working on a global multisite project about arts initiatives by refugees for refugees.
Lisa Gilman
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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.
