Radio: The Way It Really Is

Radio comedians were reminded last week that war is only sometimes a laughing matter. They got a letter from the War Department's Radio Branch, which had been getting complaints from soldiers and soldiers' families & friends. The War Department communiqué:

". . .What was funny soldier humor before is not so funny now. . . . From time to time . . . soldiers are used for 'interview' purposes, when, as a matter of fact, they are used as mere stooges . . . and made, unwittingly, to appear as somewhat stupid and dull, when,...

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