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Kylie Hewitt
Kylie Hewitt is a Digital Archives Technician at The National WWII Museum. She received her BA in Anthropology from Kansas State Un...
Jason Dawsey, PhD, is ASU WWII Studies Consultant in the Jenny Craig Institute for the Study of War and Democracy.
This Paramount picture musical film—which features an all-star cast including Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Betty Hutton, Veronica Lake, and Fred MacMurray—was made during World War II as a morale booster, with the specific intent of entertaining the troops overseas and civilians back home and to encourage fundraising, as well as to show the studios' patriotism.
As the nation celebrates Independence Day, the Museum will host several patriotic events that will be free and open to the public.