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introducing ... the sky blazers the adventures of a special band of troops that entertained the allied forces during world war ii
in new york city in 1939 neither eighteen year old jack jake jacobson nor his comrade murray duke davison had any intention of joining the military . their sights were set on playing club dates in what duke called the upholstered sewers of manhattan . jake a comic and duke a jazz trumpet player were amateur entertainers looking for their big break not men in uniform readying themselves for war.that all changed after pearl harbor . newly inspired jake and duke decided to act honorably and enlist in the u.s. army air corps . en route to their first assignment in north africa jake and duke persuaded gen. lewis brereton of the ninth air force to allow them to perform for their fellow soldiers and boost morale . spurred by jake and duke s success brereton subsequently created the first combat special services entertainment unit.the eventual formation of this fifteen piece troupe of comics singers and musicians dubbed the sky blazers lightened the spirits of combat troops across the middle east england and france during the war . in their two and a half years overseas they would have many close calls with the enemy as they struggled to put on their shows for the weary allied forces . the sky blazers would also be privy to the glitz of the entertainment business even performing for egyptian royalty and at the royal albert hall in london . rife with glamorous highs and lifethreatening lows jacobson s wartime story continues to entertain .
hardcover potomac books 2009 isbn13 9781597972857 isbn10 1597972851
abridged n isbn 13 9781597972857 number in series 1 number of pages 277 publisher potomac books inc release date 62135769600000