The US Army 3rd Infantry
Honor Guard from Fort Myer, Virginia opens the show with a marching and rifle
spinning demonstration, letting us know it’s time for another themed show
recognizing Armed Forces Week.
This is the first such special since 1958, and would be the last Armed Forces Week special the show would do.
Donny Cook from Harlingen, Texas: “I just received my appointment
to West Point” and twin brother Ronny Cook: “I just received my appointment to Annapolis”
Their father
is a career Air Force man.
Admiral X: “I was with Adm. Peary’s expedition that discovered the
North Pole (1909)”
Rear Admiral
Donald B MacMillan was an assistant to Peary in his famed 1908-1909 expedition,
one of over thirty trips MacMillan would make to the Arctic in his 46-year
career. MacMillan was a private citizen
at the time. He was commissioned as an
ensign in the Naval Reserve Flying Corps in 1918, at the advanced age of 44,
eventually reaching his present rank.
Among his accomplishments was compiling a dictionary of Inuktitut, a
common Inuit (Garry says “Eskimo”) language.
He is 89 years old here, and unlike many of the elderly contestants the
show would feature, he is still sharp as the proverbial tack. He died in 1970 at the age of 95.
Sgt. [Gene Miller], USAF, Private Kenny King, US Army Sgt. [Roy
Collette] of the Royal Canadian Air Force, Airman [Bob Kelly], USAF, Petty
Officer First Class [Tom Kelly], US Navy and Sgt. Bill Prince, US Army will all be going
immediately after the program to: “Carnegie Hall…We are a Dixieland band”
All are members
of the North American Air Defense Command.
While their colleagues keep the US and Canada safe from threats in the
skies, some 80 or 90 servicemen tour in an ensemble known as the NORAD
Cavalcade of Music. The Cavalcade is
broken up into several smaller groups, among which is this sextet known as the
Dixietones. The Dixietones perform “I’ve
Found a New Baby” (1926).
What appear
to be the same dozen men from the top of the program, now dressed much more
casually, perform “Muskets in Motion,” a strenuous exercise with the M-1 rifle
which they do in time to music.
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