SONGBOOKS OF MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS1. Air Force
Songs And Verses, songbook of the Royal Air Force (London: Aeronautics,
Ltd., 1927).
2. Amarillo Field Airs, Amarillo Army Air Field, Texas, undated,
probably 1942-44 period, Brigadier General Arthur Easterbrook,
Commander.
3. Army Song Book, War Department, 1918.
4. Army Song Book, The Adjutant General's Office, 1941.
5. Beeliners Sing, Song Book of the 21st Troop Carrier Squadron.
6. Kun Songs By The Sea, Kunsan Air Base, Korea.
7. Lowry Field Song Book, Lowry Army Air Field, undated, probably
1942-44.
8. More Kunsongs By The Sea, compiled by "Slither" (?), Kunsan Air
Base, Korea, 16 May 1977.
9. Nuthampstead Hit Tunes, 398th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force,
England.
10. Official Hymnal of the 421st Tactical Fighter Squadron
11. Songbook - 18th Fighter Bomber Wing, Kadena Air Base, Okinawa,
1957 (originally the songbook
of the 18th Pursuit Group of pre-WW II days. See #12, below.
12. Songs My Mother Never Taught Me, 18th Pursuit Group, Pre-World
War II.
13. Songs My Mother Never Taught Me, Royal Australian Air Force,
Japan/Korea, 1950-51.
14. Songs Of Nellis Air Force Base, date unknown.
15. Songs Of SEA And Other Places, Other Things (no other
identification).
16. Songs Of Squadron Officers Course, 1953.
17. Songs Of The Army Fliers, (Order Of The Daedalians: 1937).
18. Songs Of The Friendly 8th, 8th Bomb Squadron, 3rd Bomb Wing,
Korea.
19. Songs Of The 8th Fighter Wing, attributed to three persons
(probably three different editions);
Capt. George S. Thomas, Lt. "Rosie" Rosencrans and Capt. William F.
"Romeo" McCrystal, 1952.
20. Songs Of The 11th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, Korea.
21. Songs Of The 49th Fighter-Bomber Wing, compiled in 1952 by Willy
Williams.
22. Songs Of The 325th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, Hamilton Air
Force Base, CA, 1954.
23. Songs Of The 327th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, compiled by Mr.
Penn Bowers, North American
Aviation, Korea.
24. Songs That Kearnsmen Sing, Camp Kearns 5th B.T.C., Utah, 1942-44
25. Songs To Drink By, 355th Tactical Fighter Wing, Takhli, RTAFB,
Thailand ("Yankee Air Pirates"),
26. Souvenir Song Book 45th Reunion Flying School Class 40-A, 1985.
27. Stag Bar Supplement To Songs Of SEA, And Other Places, Other
Things (Item 2)
28. Stovepipe Serenade, 2nd Edition, 1956, compiled at the Worldwide
Rocketry Meet, Vincent Air
Force Base, Arizona. The First Edition was published In 1954.
29. We're Here For Fun, (unidentified song book - may be Kirtland
AFB songbook, 1950s vintage.
30. Women's Army Corps (WAC) Song Book, War Department, 1941.
31. 8th Tactical Fighter Wing Stag Bar (see Item 7 above). Kunsan
Air Base, Korea.
32. 15th Fighter Interceptor Squadron Songsheet, no other
identification).
33. 92nd Tactical Fighter Squadron Song Book.
34. 95th Tactical Fighter Interceptor Training Squadron Song Book.
35. 339th Fighter Interceptor Squadron Songbook, Johnson Air Base,
Japan.
36. 405th Green Dragon Squadron Songsheet, 38th Bomb Group (B-25).
37. 437th Fighter Interceptor Squadron Songbook (no other
identification).
38. 445th Fighter Interceptor Squadron Songbook (no other
identification) 1954,
39. 523rd Tactical Fighter Squadron Fighter Pilot's Songbook, 2nd
Edition (no other identification)
BOOKS
1. Air Force Airs, Army Air Forces Aid Society, 1943.
2. Air Force Airs, William Walrich, ed., (New York: Duell, Sloan
and Pierce) 1957.
3. Airman's Song Book, C. H. Ward-Jackson, ed., Royal Air Force
(Edinburgh & London:
William Blackwood & Sons, Ltd.) 1970.
4. The American Songbag, Carl Sandberg, ed.,(New York: Harcourt,
Brace & Company) 1927.
5. The Book of Navy Songs, The Trident Society (New York:
Doubleday, Doran & Co.) 1942.
6. Buddy Ballads, Songs of the A.E.F., Berton Bradley (New York:
George H.
Doran Company) 1919.
7. The Erotic Muse, Ed Cray (New York: Pyramid Communications,
Inc.) 1972.
8. G.I. Songs, Edgar A, Palmer, ed.,(New York: Sheridan House)
1944.
9. Popular Songs Of The A.E.F., American Expeditionary Force
Y.M.C.A., Paris, 1918.
10. The Saga of the Seventh (not certain this is a book or chapter),
page 149.
11. The Second Army Air Service History, 1st Lt. Hugo Law, ed.,
(Nancy, France:
Berger-Levrault) 1919.
12 Singing Soldiers, John J. Niles (New York: Charles Scribner's
Sons) 1927.
13. So Little Time, John P. Marquand, (Boston: Little, Brown & Co.)
1943.
14. Songs & Music of the Redcoats, Lewis Winstock (London: Leo
Cooper, Ltd.) 1970.
15. Songs For Swinging Housemothers, James Leisy (San Francisco:
Fearon Publishers, Inc.) 1961.
16. Songs From The Front & Rear, Anthony Hopkins (Edmonton:
Hurtig Publishers) 1979.
17. Songs My Mother Never Taught Me (New York: The Macaulay Co.)
1929.
18. Songs The Soldiers And Sailors Sing (New York: Leo Feist, Inc.)
1918.
19. Sound Off, Edward Arthur Dolph (New York: Farrar & Rhinehart).
20. The Three Hats, The Drunken Press (privately published by Dick
Boutelle, former
President of Fairchild Aircraft Corp.), undated, but post WW II,
probably pre-Korea.
21. The Three Hats - Volume II, The Drunken Press (see #9), post WW
II, undated, post Korea.
22. Weep Some More My Lady, Sigmund Spaeth, (Garden City, NY:
Doubleday, Page & Co.) 1927.
23. Ye A. E. F. Hymnal, (Nancy, France: Berger- Levrault,
Publishers) 1918.
MISCELLANEOUS SOURCES
1. Advance To Memory, 390th Strategic Missile Wing publication,
1970.
2. Air Force magazine, "Air Mail" section, December, 1982.
3. Folklore Forum, "Folksongs of the American Fighter Pilot in
S.E.A. 1967-68",
Joseph Tuso, Folklore Forum Society, Folklore Institute, Bloomington,
IN.
4. Ladycom magazine, "Daughter's Letters," Patti O'Donoghue,
August, 1983.
5. Western Aerospace Museum Newsletter, Oakland, CA, 1983.
