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Benny Goodman directs his all-star band as Carmen Miranda sings during a coast-to-coast radio broadcast of "For the Record" on Oct. 18, 1944. The show, produced by "V-Discs," is recorded and distributed to American men fighting all over the world. The Special Services Division of the Army Service Forces is turning out over 250,000 recordings on V-Discs every month. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo)