While looking through my parents' photo albums and other treasures I came across this 78 rpm vinyl-on-paper record. It's a recording of my father sending a message to my mother when he was stationed in Fort Benning, GA sometime around 1942-43. Now, my brother and I always told Pops he was corny, and the language is rather stilted. However, that's not his fault: Pops told me that the Army gave the enlisted men a prepared "love letter" to read, and with the possible exception of a few words, the only thing that the soldiers inserted was their names and those of their loved ones. You'll notice that the way my father pronounces his name and my mother's has a slightly different inflection than the rest of the text.
What dates this record is that my parents were married in May, 1943, and the record's addressed to Mom's maiden name. So I figure they were about 22 at the time.
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LOVE AND PROPAGANDA
Cover for the Record, circa 1942-43
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