Category: America
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Wagon Wheel
“Nothing connects the country like country.” The original Bank of America commercial for Ken Burns’ Country Music from Jimmy Kup Casting. Unfortunately Bank of America and Ken Burns have dropped the cast names and biographies. Thanks to a post on Banjo Hangout with their names, here’s the list in order of first apperance: Rory Hoffman…
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Bill O’Donnell
World War II High School Graduation Taunton Gazette: “After graduating from Coyle in 1943, O’Donnell enlisted in the U.S. Army as a trainee in the Army Specialized Training Program at Brooklyn College” The Army Specialized Training Program The Specialized Training Program sent 200,000 soldiers to 227 colleges for sped-up courses in engineering, medicine, dentistry, psychology,…